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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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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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 69 • No. 1
March 2019
Vol. 69 • No. 1
March 2019
Brazilian Savanna
new record
Pimeliinae
Semideciduous Forest
Stenosini