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Issue: Vol. 5278 No. 2: 5 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.8
Page range: 363-368
Abstract views: 214
PDF downloaded: 16

Description of a new species of Poeciloxestia Lane from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Route du Brand 34; 1724 Essert - Le Mouret; Switzerland
Museu de Zoologia; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo; SP; Brazil
Coleoptera Cerambycinae Cerambycini longhorned beetles Sphallotrichina taxonomy

Abstract

A new species, Poeciloxestia nitida sp. nov., is described from Venezuela. The alternative of couplet in two previous keys, in which the new species can be included, is commented.

 

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