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Issue: Vol. 2538 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2538.1.3
Page range: 47–59
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 23

A new species of Neobaryssinus Monné & Martins, and two new species of Baryssiniella new genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), reared from trees in the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae)

Department of Biology, City College of the City University of New York, Convent Avenue @ 138 St., New York, NY 10031, U. S. A., and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Coleoptera Acanthocinini canopy Couratari DNA genitalia host specificity Lamiinae Lecythis sulfur compounds

Abstract

Neobaryssinus altissimus new species is described from central French Guiana; a key to the four species of the genus is given. Baryssiniella new genus is described, including two new species: B. hieroglyphica new species from southeastern Peru, and B. tavakiliani new species from central French Guiana. Comparisons among Neobaryssinus, Baryssiniella, and several other genera in the tribe Acanthocinini are presented. All three new species were reared from trees in the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae). Two of these species emerged preferentially from bait branches at canopy stratum.

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