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Issue: Vol. 2639 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2639.1.3
Page range: 35–39
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 23

A new species of Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae) from Ecuador

Center for Biological Control, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100 USA
Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94729-3112 USA
Laboratorio de Proteccion Vegetal, Direccion Nacional de Proteccion Vegetal, Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Km 5.5 via Quevedo – El Empalme, Quevedo, Los Rios, Ecuador
Coleoptera Lepiceridae Lepicerus new species description Ecuador

Abstract

Lepicerus pichilingue new species (type locality: Quevedo, Los Ríos, Ecuador) is described from leaf litter in mixed plantings of plantain and cacao in western Ecuador. L. pichilingue is very similar to L. inaequalis, but differs distinctively in the structure of the aedeagus.

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