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Issue: Vol. 3455 No. 1: 6 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3455.1.2
Page range: 49–60
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 15

Four new species of Hemicaecilius Enderlein (Lachesillidae: Psocoptera) from Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510 México, D. F. MÉXICO
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Psocoptera Andes taxonomy neotropics

Abstract

Four related species of Hemicaecilius, from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, are here described and illustrated. They constitutea species assemblage distinct from two of the known species of the genus, H. venezolanus and H. cuzcoensis, found to thenorth and south, respectively from Valle del Cauca, along the Andes. The types are deposited in the Entomological Museum, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia (MUSENUV).

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