First records of the Palaestes abruptus Sharp, 1899 and P. nicaraguae Sharp, 1899 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) from South America, with a checklist of flat bark beetles from the continent

By

Jaskula, Radomir
Michalski, Marek
Marris, John

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-02-17

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--13

Subjects

Brazil , Checklist , Citizen science , Coleoptera , Cucujidae , Ecuador , iNaturalist , Palaestes , Peru , Thesaurus , Venezuela

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62576
eLocator: e62576

 

Abstract

The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) is a small insect family with only about 70 species. Most of the species are distributed in Holarctic, Oriental and/or Australasian realms, while in South America, only six species have been recorded, including a single one known from Peru.Two cucujid beetle species,Palaestes abruptusSharp, 1899 andP. nicaraguaeSharp, 1899, are recorded from South America for the first time. The species are recorded from the Pasco (P. abruptus) and Cusco and Junín (P. nicaraguae) Regions of Peru, based, in part, on data collected through the iNaturalist citizen science database. Habitats of both species are presented in photographs for the first time. A country-level checklist to Cucujidae species currently known from South America is provided.