Laccodytes costae sp. nov., and new records for the genus from Brazil (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Abstract Laccodytes costae sp. nov., from Brazil, is described and illustrated; the new species is the third known member of the Laccodytes apalodes species-group. New records for Brazil: Laccodytes americanus Peschet, 1919, new for the country and Laccodytes rondoniaToledo, Spangler & Balke, 20...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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| Series: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492020000200217&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract Laccodytes costae sp. nov., from Brazil, is described and illustrated; the new species is the third known member of the Laccodytes apalodes species-group. New records for Brazil: Laccodytes americanus Peschet, 1919, new for the country and Laccodytes rondoniaToledo, Spangler & Balke, 2010, new for the state of Pará. A modified version of the key from Toledo, Spangler & Balke (2010) is provided with new couplets to allow the identification of the new species as well as L. cobreinaeToledo, Megna & Alarie, 2011. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-1049 1807-0205 |