Revision of the Edrotini (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) of Peru

GIRALDO-MENDOZA, A.E. Y G.E. FLORES

Praga

Simposio; V International Tenebrionoidea Symposium; 2018

The tribe Edrotini is distributed in the Western Hemisphere with 49genera and 397 species of which 43 genera and 344 species/subspecies are inNorth and Central America and 6 genera and 53 species/subspecies are in South America. In Peru it is represented by 11species/subspecies grouped in the genera Hylithus Guérin-Méneville (5species/subspecies), the endemic Prohyltihus Kaszab (3 species), the monotypic andendemic Kocakia Kaszab (1 species) and 2 endemic undescribed speciesthat does not fit in any of the know genera. We present an analysis of thecharacters of the species proposing some taxonomic changes and the creation ofa new genus to include these two new species. Habitus illustrations, acomparative table of characters, and maps are also presented.