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Issue: Vol. 5741 No. 3: 7 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.10
Page range: 595-600
Abstract views: 69
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Description of two new species of Telegeusis, including the first species of Telegeusinae from Guatemala (Coleoptera: Omethidae)

Colección Coleopterológica; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City; Mexico
Departamento de Zoología; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Mexico City; 04510 Mexico
Coleoptera Neotropical region long-lipped beetles taxonomy central America Platydrilus

Abstract

Two new species of Telegeusinae are described and illustrated. One species is recorded in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, and the second is the first species of the subfamily to be recorded in Guatemala. Moreover, we propose Platyphalus López-Pérez and Zaragoza-Caballero as a replacement name of Platydrilus López-Pérez and Zaragoza-Caballero, 2021 which is a junior homonym of Platydrilus Michaelsen, 1891 (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Eudrilidae), and therefore a pre-occupied name, Platyphalus magaliae (López-Pérez and Zaragoza-Caballero, 2021) is proposed as a new combination.

 

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How to Cite

López-Pérez, S. & Zaragoza-Caballero, S. (2026) Description of two new species of Telegeusis, including the first species of Telegeusinae from Guatemala (Coleoptera: Omethidae). Zootaxa, 5741 (3), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.10