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Issue: Vol. 4648 No. 1: 29 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.10
Page range: 178–186
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

Esemephe peba sp. nov., the first Brazilian Esemephina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cossyphodini)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
Departamento de Agronomia/Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brasil.
Laboratório de Biologia e Sistemática de Coleoptera, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
Coleoptera Beetle Brazilian savanna Cerrado Pimeliinae

Abstract

Esemephe peba sp. nov is described. This newly discovered species represents the first record of Cossyphodini from Brazil. It is also the second species of the genus Esemephe Steiner and differs from the type species in antennal, elytral and aedeagal structure. Descriptions of male and female terminalia are provided, as well as the revised diagnosis and distributional map for Esemephina. Finally, an updated identification key to the World genera of Cossyphodini is proposed.

 

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