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Issue: Vol. 4382 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.10
Page range: 195–200
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A new species and new records of Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941–971, RJ, Brasil.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941–971, RJ, Brasil.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, 21941–971, RJ, Brasil.
Coleoptera Hydrophilidae

Abstract

A new species of Oocyclus Sharp, 1882, O. pilosus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Mato Grosso State in Central-Western Brazil. Oocyclus itapecum Clarkson & Short 2012 and O. yubai Clarkson & Short 2012 are newly recorded from São Paulo and from Mato Grosso, Goiás and Paraná States respectively. The doubtful record of Oocyclus aeneus Clarkson & Short 2012 in Mato Grosso State is herein confirmed. An updated key to the Brazilian species of Oocyclus is provided.

 

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