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1 December 2003 Neotropical Dryophthoridae: Redescription of the Genus Melchus Lacordaire with Description of Daisya Anderson, New Genus, and Seven New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Robert S. Anderson
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Abstract

The genus Melchus Lacordaire is redescribed to accommodate Melchus leprosus Lacordaire and four new species as follows: M. gomezi Anderson new species (type locality: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Las Cruces Biological Station), M. jolyi Anderson new species (type locality: Venezuela, Aragua, Rancho Grande Biological Station), M. onorei Anderson new species (type locality: Ecuador, Napo, Santo Domingo de los Colorados), and M. perplexus Anderson new species (type locality: Bolivia, La Paz, San Jose). The genus Daisya Anderson new genus is described to accommodate Daisya umbratilis (Lacordaire) new combination (not examined) and three new species as follows: D. obriani Anderson new species (type locality: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce), D. andersonae Anderson new species (type locality: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Estacion Biologia Las Cruces), and D. huetheri Anderson new species (type locality: Panama, Continental Divide Trail [near La Fortuna]). Only 17 specimens of these two genera are known. Adults were collected in mid-elevation moist tropical forest as well as lowland rain forest but virtually no other information is available about natural history. A key to the seven genera of Neotropical Litosomini is included.

Robert S. Anderson "Neotropical Dryophthoridae: Redescription of the Genus Melchus Lacordaire with Description of Daisya Anderson, New Genus, and Seven New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4), 413-431, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1649/579
Received: 1 February 2002; Accepted: 1 September 2002; Published: 1 December 2003
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