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Issue: Vol. 3000 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3000.1.2
Page range: 44–48
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Peritrox Bates, with a revised key for the genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 21941-971, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 21941-971, Brazil
Coleoptera Neotropical Mata Atlântica Onciderini taxonomia

Abstract

Peritrox insulatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande). A key to the five known species is provided. A previously unpublished photograph of the holotype of Peritrox denticollis Bates (type species of the genus) and a discussion with diagnoses of all species are provided to complement the study.

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