The genus 𝑃𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑠 Blanchard, 1845 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Psilocladinae) in Mexico

Authors

  • Ishwari Giovanni Gutiérrez Carranza Instituto de Biología, UNAM
  • Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero 1Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Oliver Keller 3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Michigan Pathogen Biorepository Initiative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v32i2.7379

Keywords:

Fireflies, New species, Taxonomy

Abstract

Almost a century and a half since the description and record of 𝑃𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 (Gorham, 1881) in Mexico, three new species of 𝑃𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑠 Blanchard, 1845 are described: 𝑃. 𝑎𝑧𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑠 sp. nov. from San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas, 𝑃. 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑖  sp. nov. from Chiapas and 𝑃. 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑖 sp. nov. from Hidalgo. In addition, a distribution map and an identification key are provided.

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