A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America

Abstract. A second species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878, Amblyodus castroi sp. n., is described from the northern South America based on 12 specimens from Brazil and Peru (Amazonian subregion). The new species is here compared with the type species of the genus, Amblyodus taurus Westwood, 1878 and bo...

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Autores principales: Grossi, Paschoal Coelho, Grossi, Everardo José
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594138
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.75.884
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description Abstract. A second species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878, Amblyodus castroi sp. n., is described from the northern South America based on 12 specimens from Brazil and Peru (Amazonian subregion). The new species is here compared with the type species of the genus, Amblyodus taurus Westwood, 1878 and both species and their male genitalia are illustrated. Diagnostic characters for the genus are discussed, especially the metatibial teeth. A distribution map including the type species and the new species is provided. The genus Amblyodus is recorded for the first time from Peru and from Brazil states of Pará and Rondônia.
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spelling pubmed-30880442011-05-18 A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America Grossi, Paschoal Coelho Grossi, Everardo José Zookeys Article Abstract. A second species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878, Amblyodus castroi sp. n., is described from the northern South America based on 12 specimens from Brazil and Peru (Amazonian subregion). The new species is here compared with the type species of the genus, Amblyodus taurus Westwood, 1878 and both species and their male genitalia are illustrated. Diagnostic characters for the genus are discussed, especially the metatibial teeth. A distribution map including the type species and the new species is provided. The genus Amblyodus is recorded for the first time from Peru and from Brazil states of Pará and Rondônia. Pensoft Publishers 2011-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3088044/ /pubmed/21594138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.75.884 Text en Paschoal Coelho Grossi, Everardo José Grossi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Grossi, Paschoal Coelho
Grossi, Everardo José
A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title_full A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title_fullStr A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title_short A new species of Amblyodus Westwood, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae) from South America
title_sort new species of amblyodus westwood, 1878 (coleoptera, melolonthidae, dynastinae) from south america
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594138
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.75.884
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