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Issue: Vol. 3031 No. 1: 16 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3031.1.4
Page range: 47–53
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Iapir quadridentatus sp. nov., a new torridincolid beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae)

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), CP 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), CP 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fellow of Programa de Capacitaçao Institucional, INPA/CNPq
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), CP 478, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Fellow of CNPq
Coleoptera Aquatic insects Pernambuco Brazilian Northeast Podostemaceae

Abstract

The adults and larvae of a new species of Torridincolidae, Iapir quadridentatus sp. nov., are described from Pernambuco State, Brazil. This represents the first record of the family from Northeast Brazil. Larvae and adults were found on submerged leaves of Mourera sp. (Podostemaceae).

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