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Issue: Vol. 4768 No. 2: 1 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.1
Page range: 151–192
Abstract views: 128
PDF downloaded: 8

Taxonomy of the weevil genus Plumolepilius Barrios-Izás & Anderson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini): new species from Central America

Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apartado postal 70-399, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. Instituto de Investigaciones, Centro Universitario de Zacapa, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 12 calle “A” 14-03 zona 1 Barrios La Laguna, Código Postal 19001 Zacapa, Guatemala.
Coleoptera insects leaf litter montane forests Mesoamerica

Abstract

Seventeen new species of the genus Plumolepilius Barrios-Izás & Anderson 2016, are described. Images of habitus and genitalia of both sexes are presented, as well as a dichotomous key for the identification of males and females of the known species of the genus. The species included here are P. andersoni Barrios-Izás, new species (Costa Rica and Panamá), P. antonioi Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. camuna Barrios-Izás, new species (Nicaragua), P. genieri Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. guaimacaensis Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. hectori Barrios-Izás, new species (Costa Rica), P. linaresi Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. maesi Barrios-Izás, new species (Nicaragua), P. molinai Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. monzoni Barrios-Izás, new species (Guatemala), P. morronei Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. nelsoni Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras), P. nicaraguensis Barrios-Izás, new species (Nicaragua), P. obrienorum Barrios-Izás, new species (Costa Rica), P. solisi Barrios-Izás, new species (Costa Rica), P. velizi Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras) and P. zarazagai Barrios-Izás, new species (Honduras).

 

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