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Issue: Vol. 1390 No. 1: 11 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1390.1.2
Page range: 17–20
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 25

A new species of the genus Philothermus Aubé (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.

Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA.
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Coleoptera Cucujoidea Cerylonidae Philothermus Nearctic Great Smoky Mountains All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory new species taxonomy identification key

Abstract

A new species of cerylonid with reduced eyes from the Great Smoky Mountains, Philothermus stephani sp. n., is described and illustrated. A revised key to the North American species of Philothermus is presented.

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