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Issue: Vol. 4803 No. 3: 29 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.7
Page range: 515–522
Abstract views: 89
PDF downloaded: 8

Redefinition of the genus Parabyrsopolis Ohaus and description of a new species from west-central Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología- Laboratorio Regional de Biodiversidad, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ex-Fábrica San Manuel de Morcón s/n, San Miguel Contla, Santa Cruz, Tlaxcala, 90640, Mexico.
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Av. Patria # 1201, Zapopan, Jalisco, 45129, Mexico.
Show Low, Arizona, United States of America.
Coleoptera Generic limits scarab beetles Areodina

Abstract

The morphological limits of the genus Parabyrsopolis Ohaus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Areodina) are redefined and Parabyrsopolis moroni new species is described from west-central Mexico. With this addition, the genus now includes five species that are distributed from southwestern United States of America to central Mexico. Diagnostic morphological characters and comparison with other Parabyrsopolis species are included, and some considerations about the morphological limits between Parabyrsopolis and Viridimicus Jameson are discussed.

 

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