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9 September 2022 A New Genus and Species of Histerid Beetle from Western Mexico Showing a Remarkable Sexual Mesotibial Dimorphism (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini)
Michael S. Caterino, Alexey K. Tishechkin
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Abstract

We describe an exosternine histerid, Vaquerister cantador Caterino and Tishechkin, new genus and new species, from two localities in the arid parts of northwestern Mexico. The males of this species exhibit remarkable secondary sexual modifications, including deeply excavated mesotibiae and trichome-like structures on the prosternum. Its phylogenetic position within Exosternini is unclear, and it shares few obvious synapomorphies with other New World lineages in the tribe. Its reported association with rotting cactus is also unusual for the tribe, though known in other Histerinae and Dendrophilinae.

Describimos un nuevo género y especie de Histeridae: Exosternini, Vaquerister cantador Caterino y Tishechkin, genero y especie nueva, de dos localidades en las partes áridas del noroeste de México. Los machos de esta especie exhiben notables modificaciones sexuales secundarias, que incluyen mesotibiae profundamente excavadas y estructuras similares a tricomas en el proesternón. Su posición filogenética dentro de Exosternini no está seguro y comparte pocas sinapomorfias obvias con otros linajes del Nuevo Mundo en esta tribu. Su asociación reportada con cactus en descomposición también es inusual para la tribu, aunque se conoce en otros Histerinae y Dendrophilinae.

Michael S. Caterino and Alexey K. Tishechkin "A New Genus and Species of Histerid Beetle from Western Mexico Showing a Remarkable Sexual Mesotibial Dimorphism (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(3), 357-363, (9 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.3.357
Received: 31 March 2022; Accepted: 19 July 2022; Published: 9 September 2022
KEYWORDS
biodiversity
cactophily
Histeroidea
Neotropical Region
taxonomy
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