Abstract
Four new species of the genus Monoeca Lepeletier & Serville are described. Two of them, Monoeca campestris sp. nov. and Monoeca planaltina sp. nov. are from Cerrado savanna, Monoeca mourei sp. nov. is from gallery forests and Monoeca catarina sp. nov. is from the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil. A key to Brazilian species of Monoeca is provided.
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