A new species of Chalepides Casey, 1915 (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from the Pantanal of Brazil

By

Ratcliffe, Brett C
Seidel, Matthias

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-8-5

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

5

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

189--192

Subjects

Coleoptera , scarab beetle , semi-aquatic , South America , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.70944

 

Abstract

Chalepides pantanalensis Ratcliffe & Seidel is described as a new species from the Pantanal region in Brazil. A description, diagnosis for distinguishing the species, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided. The new species is morphologically compared with C. howdenorum Joly & Escalona and C. osunai Joly & Escalona.