A new Colombian species of Liodessus diving beetles from the Páramo de Sumapaz (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

By

Balke, Michael
Megna, Yoandri
Ospina, Rodulfo
Venegas, Juan Simon
Prieto, Carlos
Hendrich, Lars

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1059

Pages

79--87

Subjects

Colombia , Dytiscidae , Liodessus , new species , Páramo , Sumapaz

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1059.70134

 

Abstract

Liodessus picinussp. nov. is described from the Páramo de Sumapaz near Bogota D.C. at 3,500 m above sea level. The species can be distinguished from the other Colombian Liodessus species by its dark coloration, discontinuous habitus, shiny surface of the pronotum and elytron, presence of a distinct occipital line, distinct basal pronotal striae, short or even faint basal elytral striae, as well as by its distinct geographic distribution and cox1 signature.