Nine genera of Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) new to Peru, with a key to Peruvian genera

By

Vahtera, Varpu
Muona, Jyrki
Linna, Ari
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-03-11

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

3

Pages

1--30

Subjects

Amazon , Elateroidea , eucnemid , Lowland , Neotropics , rain forest , species richness. , taxonomy , white-sand forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4493
eLocator: e4493

 

Abstract

Thirteen genera of Eucnemidae containing forty species were collected from the Iquitos region in Peru. Nine of the genera are new to the country: Rhagomicrus Fleutiaux, 1902, Adelorhagus Horn, 1890, Adelothyreus Chevrolat, 1867, Microrhagus Dejean, 1833, Dyscharachthis Blackburn, 1900, Heterotaxis Bonvouloir, 1871, Spinifornax Fleutiaux, 1926, Serrifornax Fleutiaux, 1926 and Maelodrus Fleutiaux, 1928. The previous eucnemid record from Peru contained eleven species in ten genera. Only one of the forty species caught, Entomophthalmus americanus Bonvouloir, was previously known and described from the country. Dyscharachthis, Maelodrus and Adelorhagus are recorded from South America for the first time. Many of the collected species seem to favor white-sand forest as their habitat. Possible reasons for this are discussed. A list of eucnemids from Peru is included, containing taxa already recorded from the country and also taxa that are likely to occur there. A key to the Peruvian genera is included.