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Issue: Vol. 4323 No. 1: 20 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.8
Page range: 109–118
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Psephenops Grouvelle (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Psephenidae) from Panama

Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO.
Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO.
Coleoptera New species water penny beetle Altos del María Chame District Central America

Abstract

Psephenops bifidus sp. nov. and Psephenops triangularis sp. nov. are described, based on specimens collected from Altos del María, Chame District, Panama, rising the total number of species assigned to this genus in the Mesoamerican region to twelve. Both species can be separated easily from other known Psephenops species by a combination of several features, but mainly by the prosternal process and the lateral projections of penis respectively.

 

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