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Issue: Vol. 5661 No. 3: 16 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10
Page range: 440-444
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 5

First record of Dihammaphora (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Rhopalophorini) for Venezuela: description of a new species and updated key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres

Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho; 373; 21941-599; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Laboratorio de Entomología; Parasitología y Medicina Tropical (LEPAMET); Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CIB); Decanato de Investigaciones; Universidad Nacional Experimental “Francisco de Miranda” (UNEFM); Apartado 7403; Coro 4101; Estado Falcón; Venezuela
Laboratorio de Parasitología Experimental (LAPEX); Departamento de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de Los Andes; Mérida; Estado Mérida; Venezuela
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Av. Carlos Chagas Filho; 373; 21941-599; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Coleoptera Longhorn beetle Andes region Neotropical geographical records

Abstract

Dihammaphora meridensis sp. nov. is described from Mérida (Venezuela), representing a new country record for the genus. A key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Ferreira, G.S., Cazorla, D., Alarcón, M. & Mermudes, J.R.M. (2025) First record of Dihammaphora (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Rhopalophorini) for Venezuela: description of a new species and updated key to species of Dihammaphora with 11 antennomeres. Zootaxa, 5661 (3), 440–444. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.10