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Issue: Vol. 5497 No. 2: 23 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.5
Page range: 255-266
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of Ctenopeuca Bernhauer, a spiny, pipevine flower-associated rove beetle from South America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini)

Department of Biodiversity; Federal University of Paraná; Palotina; PR; Brazil
University of Michigan; Museum of Zoology; Ann Arbor; MI 48198; USA
Department of Biodiversity; Federal University of Paraná; Palotina; PR; Brazil
Coleoptera Biodiversity Neotropical region redescription Aristolochia

Abstract

Ctenopeuca Bernhauer is a genus restricted to South America, with males exhibit bimodal secondary sexual characters with alpha males having large abdominal spines and feminized spine-less beta males. In contrast to other Oxypodini genera, Ctenopeuca lacks a frontal suture on the head and has a bifid ligula. Here, we redescribe the genus and the two species, provide a diagnosis for the genus, and make remarks about its systematic position within the Oxypodini.

 

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