A new Paxillus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) from the state of Amazonas, Brazil
Paxillus is a neotropical genus belonging to the subfamily Passalinae widespread from Mexico to Argentina. Brazil is known to harbor five species belonging to this genus with most of them presenting at head a flattened central tubercle lacking a free apex. However, one of these species, Paxillus mac...
| Autor principal: | Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos da |
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| Outros Autores: | Gouveia, Fernando Bernardo Pinto, Fernandez, Maria Fernanda Souza |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Acta Amazonica
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/13238 |
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Paxillus is a neotropical genus belonging to the subfamily Passalinae widespread from Mexico to Argentina. Brazil is known to harbor five species belonging to this genus with most of them presenting at head a flattened central tubercle lacking a free apex. However, one of these species, Paxillus macrocerus Reyes-Castillo & Fonseca, differs from that pattern by having a long central tubercle with a completely free apex. The present study describes and illustrates another new species, which has been found in the Brazilian Amazon, showing this same characteristic. |