A new genus and a new species of railroad-worm beetle from Peru (Coleoptera, Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae)
- Here I describe a new genus, Iviephengus gen. nov., based on a single species, Iviephengus ferreirai gen. et sp. nov., from Peru. This new genus is characterized by the following combination of characters: interantennal distance close to 3 × the antennal socket length; antenna 12-segmented, IV to XI each with two long symmetrical compressed and apically slightly enlarged branches; labrum fused to frontoclypeus; mandibles short, obliquely crossed, each with a notch on the external margin to fit the other mandible and without extra teeth; maxillary palpi 4-segmented, last segment digitiform; labial palpi 2-segmented; posterior tentorial pit consisting of a single small fossa; wing with radial cell closed and transverse, vein r4 interrupted, r3 absent; first tarsomere of pro- and mesotarsus with a ventral comb covering the posterior half of the tarsomere; claws simple, without any teeth; aedeagus with paramere symmetrical, apex unevenly round, toothed inward, with short and sparse bristles. I provide a key to Mastinocerinae genera with 12-segmented antennae and the first pro- and mesotarsomere with ventral combs. I also provide illustrations for the diagnostic features for this new genus. Finally, I discuss the presence and function of some modifications in the mandible and the sternite VIII in Phengodidae and other Coleopteran families.
Author: | André Silva RozaORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-689569 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2087 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (German): | European journal of taxonomy |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (864:64-76) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/04/11 |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/04/11 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2023/04/16 |
Tag: | Amazon; Malaise trap; Neotropical; morphology; taxonomy |
Volume: | 2023 |
Issue: | 864 |
Page Number: | 13 |
First Page: | 64 |
Last Page: | 76 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 508470153 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-257882 |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |