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