A new species of the genus 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠 Wittmer (Phengodidae) and notes on the distribution of the genus

Authors

  • Viridiana Vega-Badillo Colección entomológica IEXA “Dr. Miguel Ángel Morón Ríos”, Instituto de Ecología https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7064-6040
  • Mireya González-Ramírez Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2277-7991
  • Paulina Cifuentes-Ruiz Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-7967
  • Sara López-Pérez Colección Coleopterológica, Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9925-0186
  • Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón Colección Coleopterológica, Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0751-4672
  • Daniel E. Domínguez-León Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3848-7355
  • Dr. Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero Instituto de Biología, UNAM. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0235-318X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v29i2.7266

Keywords:

Mastinocerinae, diversity, tropical dry forest

Abstract

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑧𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑧𝑖. sp. nov., from Ixtlahuacán, Colima is described and illustrated; it is compared with 𝐷. 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖 Zaragoza-Caballero, 1986 for being a close species. New statal record is presented for 𝐷. 𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑒  Zaragoza-Caballero, 1986. Aspectsabout the distribution of the genus Distremocephalus in Mexico are commented.

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