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31 March 2019 A New Species of Discopleurus Lacordaire: The First Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from Brazil
Sergio Aloquio, Gustavo E. Flores, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade
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Abstract

Discopleurus bondezanisp. nov. is described from a small cave within the Cerrado biogeographic province, in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil. The new species is unique among Discopleurus in having the abdominal ventrite 2 as long as ventrite 5. Habitus photographs of the new species and a comparison of morphological characteristics with other closely related species are provided. This is the first record of a species of Stenosini from Brazil.

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Sergio Aloquio, Gustavo E. Flores, and Cristiano Lopes-Andrade "A New Species of Discopleurus Lacordaire: The First Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from Brazil," Annales Zoologici 69(1), 99-103, (31 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.005
Received: 26 March 2018; Accepted: 12 December 2018; Published: 31 March 2019
KEYWORDS
Brazilian Savanna
new record
Pimeliinae
Semideciduous Forest
Stenosini
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