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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 5: 6 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.10
Page range: 596–600
Abstract views: 168
PDF downloaded: 20

Two new species of Metamasius Horn, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) from Ecuador and Colombia

Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Research and Collections, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON. Canada K1P 6P4.
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Abstract

Two new species of South American Metamasius Horn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) are described: Metamasius onorei new species from Cotopaxi, Ecuador and Metamasius pilirostris new species from west of Río Yurumangui, Colombia. Diagnostic characters and images are provided for both new species to facilitate identification.

 

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