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Issue: Vol. 5477 No. 2: 8 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.7
Page range: 237-245
Abstract views: 99
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Centrozoros Kukalová-Peck & Peck, 1993 (Zoraptera: Spiralizoridae) from high elevations in the northwestern Andes of Colombia

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Universidade Federal de Roraima; Campus Paricarana; Av. Brasília; s/n; 69310-000; Boa Vista; Brazil
Fundación Bioconservancy; Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve; Jardín; Antioquia; Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Zoraptera Andean Region Andean cloud forest Angel Insects Antioquia Biodiversity

Abstract

This study aims to expand the knowledge of angel insects in Colombia. A new species of Centrozoros Kukalová-Peck & Peck, 1993 (Zoraptera: Spiralizoridae) from a high elevation area of Colombia is described. Centrozoros mesenia Lima, Oliveira & Rafael sp. nov. was collected from Andean cloud forest at the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve. The new species is described based on a male specimen and is characterized mainly by the presence of a leaf-like sclerotized projection at the base of the aedeagus. We present digital images of the new species and a distribution map of the species of Zoraptera registered for Colombia until now.

 

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