A new species of Ischyomius from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea, Pythidae) with a revised key to world species

By

Pollock, Darren A. (Darren Andrew)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

6

Pages

69-74

Subjects

Neotropical , new species , Pythidae , Venezuela

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.6.81

 

Abstract

A new species – Ischyomius escalonai – is described from Venezuela (type locality: Lara, Yacumbú National Park, El Blanquito). Males of I. escalonai have distinctive genitalia with very short accessory lobes, and both sexes have simple elytral apices, without the spine that is present in almost all other species of the genus. The type specimens of I. escalonai were collected in association with dry leaves of Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia sp.) plants. A revised key to species of Ischyomius is provided.