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Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.10
Page range: 184–188
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of order Embioptera (Insecta) for the State of Tocantins, Brazil, with description of a new species of Clothoda Enderlein

Coordenação de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Tocantins – UFT, Cx. Postal 136, 77500-000, Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil
Coordenação de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Tocantins – UFT, Cx. Postal 136, 77500-000, Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil
Embioptera Brazilian Savannah Clothodidae key new records taxonomy webspinners

Abstract

This paper provides the first record of order Embioptera for the State of Tocantins, Brazil, with the description of Clothoda tocantinensis sp. nov. This genus has just three previously described species; only C. nobilis (Gerstäcker) has been recorded from Brazil (Amazon basin). An identification key is provided for males of Clothoda.

 

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