A new genus of aquatic coleopteran from Venezuela (Hydradephaga: Noteridae)

A new genus of aquatic coleopteran from Venezuela (Hydradephaga: Noteridae)

Authors

  • Mauricio García Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Universidad del Zulia, Apartado 526, Maracaibo A-4001, Estado Zulia, Venezuela
  • Jesús Camacho Museo de Artrópodos, Departamento Fitosanitario, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad del Zulia, Apartado 15205, Maracaibo 4005, Estado Zulia, Venezuela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2024

Keywords:

aquatic coleopteran, new combination, new genus, Noterini, Suphisellus

Abstract

Suphisellus is a Nearctic genus of aquatic coleopterans that has been misidentified in the tropics. We analyzed “Suphisellus shorti” from Venezuela and concluded that the identification was based on a misinterpretation of a buccal appendix and two thoracic sclerites. We rename it Llanoterus shorti, a new genus and a new combination, based on gonocoxas, lateroterguites, gonocoxoesternites, pronotum, prosternal process and metaventrites. We illustrate habitus, female and male genitals, and other thoracic sclerites.

References

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García, M., Benetti, C. J., & Camacho, J. (2012). A new species of Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) from “Los Llanos”, Venezuela. Zootaxa, 3298, 62-68.

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Published

2018-02-28

How to Cite

García, M., & Camacho, J. (2018). A new genus of aquatic coleopteran from Venezuela (Hydradephaga: Noteridae). UNED Research Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2024

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

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