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Issue: Vol. 2139 No. 1: 23 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2139.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

Three new species of Hemiosus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) and new state records of Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai d’Orchymont from Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21941–971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21941–971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Coleoptera Neotropical Region Brazil Hydrophilidae Berosini Hemiosus new species

Abstract

Three new species of Hemiosus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Southeastern Brazil are described and illustrated: H. ater sp. nov., H. frades sp. nov., and H. santosi sp. nov. Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai d’Orchymont are recorded for the first time from Bahia and São Paulo states in Brazil respectively.

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