A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)

A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)

A new species, Atractosomus amazonicus sp. nov. is described and three species, A. robustus Candèze, 1859, A. carinatus Candèze, 1859 and A. conicicollis Candèze, 1859 are redescribed and illustrated. A comparison among these species and with the type-species, A. flavescens (Germar 1839) is presented. A.amazonicus sp. nov. and A. robustus belong to group of species with 3rd and 4th antennomeres equal in size and the other studied species, to group with 3rd antennomere smaller than 4th.

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Main Author: Casari,Sônia A.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0085-562620120004000052013-01-23A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)Casari,Sônia A. Ampedini Dicrepidiina Morphology Neotropical Taxonomy A new species, Atractosomus amazonicus sp. nov. is described and three species, A. robustus Candèze, 1859, A. carinatus Candèze, 1859 and A. conicicollis Candèze, 1859 are redescribed and illustrated. A comparison among these species and with the type-species, A. flavescens (Germar 1839) is presented. A.amazonicus sp. nov. and A. robustus belong to group of species with 3rd and 4th antennomeres equal in size and the other studied species, to group with 3rd antennomere smaller than 4th.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedade Brasileira De EntomologiaRevista Brasileira de Entomologia v.56 n.4 20122012-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000400005en10.1590/S0085-56262012000400005
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A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
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title A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
title_short A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
title_full A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
title_fullStr A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species and redescriptions of three species of Atractosomus Lacordaire from Brazil (Elateridae, Elaterinae)
title_sort new species and redescriptions of three species of atractosomus lacordaire from brazil (elateridae, elaterinae)
description A new species, Atractosomus amazonicus sp. nov. is described and three species, A. robustus Candèze, 1859, A. carinatus Candèze, 1859 and A. conicicollis Candèze, 1859 are redescribed and illustrated. A comparison among these species and with the type-species, A. flavescens (Germar 1839) is presented. A.amazonicus sp. nov. and A. robustus belong to group of species with 3rd and 4th antennomeres equal in size and the other studied species, to group with 3rd antennomere smaller than 4th.
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