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Issue: Vol. 5311 No. 3: 30 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.3.7
Page range: 446-450
Abstract views: 518
PDF downloaded: 32

A new species in the tortoise-beetle genus Dorynota s. str. Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Dorynotini) from Brazil

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325; Frankfurt am Main; Germany; Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut; Eberswalder Str. 90; D-15374 Müncheberg; Germany
Department of Entomology; National Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00; Praha; Czech Republic
Coleoptera Taxonomy tortoise beetles key to species Neotropics Museu Nacional/UFRJ 2018 fire

Abstract

A new species Dorynota phoenix Simões and Sekerka, new species is described and figured from Mato Grosso state of Brazil. The new species belongs to the D. monoceros species-group and is compared to morphologically similar taxa. Updated key to the nominotypical subgenus of Dorynota is provided.

 

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