Schizaraeus fouquei sp. nov., the first record of Schizaraeus from Peru (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenosini)
Author
Giraldo-Mendoza, Alfredo E.
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Museo de Entomología Klaus Raven Büller, Av. La Molina s / n, Lima 12, Lima, Perú
alfre2cotobius@yahoo.com
Author
Flores, Gustavo E.
CONICET, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA, CCT CONICET Mendoza), Casilla de correo 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
gflores@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
2020-03-10
60
1
89
93
journal article
55893
10.37520/aemnp.2020.006
7ca58e6f-8f06-4f96-bf5e-0671eb847e61
1804-6487
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Schizaraeus acuticosta
Kulzer, 1955
(
Fig. 1
)
Schizaraeus acuticosta
Kulzer, 1955: 480
(original description).
Type
locality.
Argentina
,
Catamarca Province
, Santa María Department, Caspinchango.
Type material.
HOLOTYPE
(
Fig. 1
): ‘
Argentina
:
Catamarca
,
Dpto. Santa María
,
Caspinchango
, leg.
Weiser’
(
NHMB
). Studied only from photo of dorsal aspect provided by courtesy of René Fouquè.
Additional material examined.
ARGENTINA
:
LA
RIOJA:
Dpto.Arauco
,
Arauco
,
10 km
S of Aimogasta
,
ii.1938
,
1 spec.
(
IADIZA
).
SALTA
:
Dpto.Rosario de Lerma
,
Ingeniero Maury
,
24º39.97′S
,
65º47.21′W
,
2367 m
,
22.xi.2005
,
1 spec.
,
A. González
lgt. (
IADIZA
, donated by Instituto para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad de Invertebrados, Universidad Nacional de Salta).
Differential diagnosis.
We mention only the features different from
S. fouquei
sp. nov.
: antennomere III twice as wide at the apex than at the base; pronotum with lateral margins curved in anterior 2/3 and narrowed in posterior third, anterior angles rounded and posterior angles straight.
Description.
See
KULZER
(1955)
.
Distribution.
Argentina
:
La Rioja
,
Catamarca
and
Salta
provinces (
Fig. 11
), in localities belonging to the biogeographic province of Monte.