INVESTIGADORES
FLORES Gustavo Ernesto
artículos
Título:
Systematic revision and redefinition of the Neotropical genus Epipedonota Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of eight new species.
Autor/es:
G.E. FLORES.,P. VIDAL
Revista:
ENTOMOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
Editorial:
Apollo Books
Referencias:
Lugar: Copenhague; Año: 2001 vol. 32 p. 1 - 43
ISSN:
0013-8711
Resumen:
The genus Epipedonota Solier (Pimeliinae: Nycteliini), distributed in the eastern Andes from southern Bolivia to the southern Patagonia in Argentina and Chile, is revised and redefined on the basis of characters of external and internal morphology and male and female genitalia. Epipedonota comprises 23 species, out of which eight are described as new: E. microplicatissima Flores and Vidal, E. boliviana Flores and Vidal, E. jujuyensis Flores and Vidal, E. tucumana Flores and Vidal, E. interandina Vidal and Flores, E. sanjuanina Flores and Vidal, E. cordobensis Flores and Vidal and E. mendocina Flores and Vidal. Other valid species of the genus are: Epipedonota tricostata Burmeister, E. elegantula Kulzer, E. willinki Kulzer, E. lata Waterhouse, E. subplana Gebien, E. plicatissima Kulzer, E. sublineata Berg, E. intercostata Berg, E. laevisulcata Fairmaire, E. microdera Burmeister, E. reticulata (Blanchard), E. nitida (Philippi and Philippi) stat. rev., E. cristallisata (Lacordaire) stat. rev., E. ebenina (Lacordaire) and E. senex (Lacordaire) stat. rev. New synonymies are: Epipedonota erythropus Lacordaire under E. ebenina (Lacordaire), E. monilis (Lacordaire) under E. ebenina (Lacordaire), E. bonariensis Waterhouse under E. cristallisata (Lacordaire), E. margineplicata Curtis under E. cristallisata (Lacordaire), E. affinis Waterhouse under E. senex (Lacordaire), E. biramosa Berg under E. nitida (Philippi and Philippi) and E. angusta Burmeister under E. microdera Burmeister. Psectrascelis nycteloides Peña is placed as a junior synonym of Epipedonota sublineata. Lectotypes are designated for Callyntra nitida Philippi and Philippi, Epipedonota biramosa Berg, E. intercostata Berg, E. sublineata Berg, E. lata Waterhouse, E. affinis Waterhouse, E. bonariensis Waterhouse, E. margineplicata Curtis, E. subplana Fairmaire, E. laevisulcata Fairmaire, E. tricostata Burmeister, E. microdera Burmeister, and E. angusta Burmeister. This article includes a redescription of the genus, redescriptions or descriptions of each of its 23 species, an identification key, habitus photographs of the most representative species, drawings of genital features and metendosternites, and distribution maps.