Patagonopraocis, a new genus of Praocini from Patagonia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

FLORES, G.E. & M. CHANI-POSSE

Annales Zoologici

Natura optima dux Foundation

Lugar: Warszawa (Varsovia, Polonia); Año: 2005 vol. 55 p. 575 - 581

0003-4541

The genus Pataganopraocis gen. nov. (Pimeliinae: Praocini), distributed in the Patagonian steppes and xerophilous woodlands in the Andes foothills, is revised. Patagonopraocis consists of three new species: P. magellanicum sp. nov., P. puncticollis sp. nov. and P. minor sp. nov. Descriptions of the genus and its three species are provided. Main diagnostic characters for Pataganopraocis are in external morphology, sexual dimorphism and male genitalia. A key to species, habitus photographs, illustrations of external morphology, genitalic features and distribution map are included.