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Issue: Vol. 5128 No. 4: 22 Apr. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.4.4
Page range: 538-546
Abstract views: 364
PDF downloaded: 20

Hydraena bahiana sp. n., a new minute moss beetle (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) from highlands of Northeast Brazil

Departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, León, SPAIN; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia (PPGEnt), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM, BRAZIL.
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, León, SPAIN.
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, SPAIN.
Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia (PPGEnt), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM, BRAZIL.
Coleoptera Aquatic Coleoptera aquatic insect Serra do Barbado Serra do Espinhaço taxonomy

Abstract

Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) bahiana sp. nov. is described from Bahia State, Northeast Brazil, based on three specimens collected in pools at the headwater of a stream, 1,705 m. asl. The new species belongs to the Hydraena scintillabella subgroup of the leechi group. Description and diagnostic characters are offered; habitus photographs and line drawings of both male and female genitalia are provided. Habitat and distributional data of the new species are also included.

 

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