Description of Ceratogeusis thamiresae new genus and species from Panama, the first Telegeusinae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea, Omethidae) with flabellate antennae

By

Ferreira, Vinicius S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-05-27

Original Publication

Beiträge zur Entomologie

Volume

75

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

223--228

Subjects

Elateroidea , neoteny , Paedomorphosis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Akademie-Verlag 1951-1997

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e155202

 

Abstract

Ceratogeusis thamiresae Ferreira, gen. et sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae with flabellate antennae, is described from Panama. The new genus and species is diagnosed and illustrated, and an updated key for the genera of Telegeusinae is given. The Telegeusinae genus Platydrilus López-Pérez & Zaragoza-Caballero, 2021, was discovered to be a junior homonym of Platydrilus Michaelsen, 1891 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Eudrilidae), and therefore a pre-occupied name.