Review of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting cones of the cycad Zamia L. (Cycadales) in Panama, with descriptions of five new species

The beetle genus Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) is found in the cones of cycad genera in the New World, including species of Ceratozamia Brongn., Dioon Lindl., Microcycas (Miq.) A.DC and Zamia L. Its presence and diversity are analyzed for the 17 species of Zamia known to occur in Panama. Nine species are recognized, and five new species are described: Pharaxonotha clarkorum Pakaluk, P. confusa Pakaluk, P. fortunensis Tang, Skelley and Taylor new species, P. holzmani Tang, Skelley and Taylor new species, P. kirschii Reitter, P. manicatae Tang, Skelley and Taylor new species, P. panamensis Tang, Skelley and Taylor new species, P. pseudoparasitica Tang, Skelley and Taylor new species, and P. taylori Skelley and Tang. A key to species of Pharaxonotha in Panama is presented. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C054B0D4-FD00-4AE7-BBA7-C75A12368561

Metadaten
Author:	William Tang, Paul E. Skelley ORCiD GND, Alberto S. Taylor B., Shayla Salzman ORCiD
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-731908
ISSN:	1942-1354
ISSN:	0749-6737
Parent Title (English):	Insecta Mundi
Series (Serial Number):	Insecta Mundi (1043)
Publisher:	Flora & Fauna Publ.
Place of publication:	Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:	Article
Language:	English
Date of Publication (online):	2024/04/05
Date of first Publication:	2024/04/05
Publishing Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:	2024/04/08
Tag:	Central America; beetle; co-evolution; gymnosperm; pollination
Volume:	2024
Issue:	article 1043
Article Number:	1043
Page Number:	42
First Page:	1
Last Page:	40
Dewey Decimal Classification:	5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:	Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):	Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0

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