A remarkable new species group of green seed beetles from genus Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), with description of a new Brazilian species
Author
Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare
Author
Vieira, Marcelli Krul
Author
Manfio, Daiara
Author
Kergoat, Gael J.
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.401.6232
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.401.6232
1313-2970-401-31
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Amblycerus viridis Ribeiro-Costa, 1998
Amblycerus viridis
Ribeiro-Costa, 1998: 635 (original description, holotype, type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso).
Ribeiro-Costa 1998
: 636, Figs 16-19. Detailed description and information of type material are in
Ribeiro-Costa (1998)
.
Distribution.
Brazil (Mato Grosso).
Comparative notes.
Amblycerus viridis
differs from the other species in the group by its shorter hind femur, which is 2.32 times longer than its width (in others species the ratio is superior to 2.5 times). Additional information on external and internal similarities is also presented in the sections dedicated to
Amblycerus virens
and
Amblycerus viridans
.