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Descrição de três novas espécies do gênero Melittomma (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae) da região neotropical e considerações sobre Melittomma brasiliense (Castelnau, 1832)

A taxonomic study of the neotropical species belonging to Melittomma is given, emphasizing those species distributed on Brazilian territory. A short discussion about diagnostic characters for M. brasiliense is given with data of its geographical distribution; descriptions and illustrations of three...

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Autor principal: Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos da
Outros Autores: Vieira, Maria de Fátima
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: pt_BR
Publicado em: Acta Amazonica 2020
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Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/13097
Resumo:
A taxonomic study of the neotropical species belonging to Melittomma is given, emphasizing those species distributed on Brazilian territory. A short discussion about diagnostic characters for M. brasiliense is given with data of its geographical distribution; descriptions and illustrations of three new species, Melittomma nana sp.n. distributed on Neotropical region, M. brunnea sp.n. from Central Amazon basin and M. panamensis sp.n. from Panama area, are presented.