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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-11-26
Page range: 436–440
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Nossidium katyae,  a new species of Bolivian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera), described and figured

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Coleoptera Ptiliidae Nossidium new species Bolivia

Abstract

This is the third report on a collection of Ptiliidae from Bolivian forest leaf litter made by Dr Petr Baňař of the Brno Museum (Czech Republic) in 2013. A new species Nossidium katyae, is described and figured on the basis of a single specimen collected in the Amboro National Park. Comparative figures of Nossidium pilosellum Marsham are provided together with a brief synopsis of views on the desirability of establishing a new subfamily within the Ptiliidae to include Nossidium group species.