Description of a new genus and species of Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) from Chiapas, Mexico

Authors

  • Daniel Edwin Domínguez-León Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3848-7355
  • Miriam Aquino Romero Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1661-3824
  • Anel Teresa Mercedes Nuñez-Monroy Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-1704
  • Ishwari Giovanni Gutiérrez-Carranza Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-2951

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v30i2.7302

Keywords:

Taxonomy, Neotropical beetles, False bladder beetles, Tacana Volcano

Abstract

A new genus and species of Oedemeridae from Chiapas, Mexico, is illustrated and described: 𝑍𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑒 gen. et sp. nov. This new genus and species is similar in the external morphology to other members of Vasaces, however, the genitalia provides enough evidence to propose a new taxa.

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2023-07-01

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