A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru

A new genus of flightless spider beetle from Peru with two new species is described. It is characterized by unique heart-shaped fused elytra and a broad pronotum with five basal depressions. The characters of this new genus and species are illustrated and discussed and the possible phylogenetic plac...

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Autores principales: Philips, T. Keith, Whorrall, Kyle A., Gearner, Olivia M., Huchet, Jean-Bernard
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508495
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.934.38670
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author Philips, T. Keith
Whorrall, Kyle A.
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description A new genus of flightless spider beetle from Peru with two new species is described. It is characterized by unique heart-shaped fused elytra and a broad pronotum with five basal depressions. The characters of this new genus and species are illustrated and discussed and the possible phylogenetic placement of this taxon is also included.
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spelling pubmed-72509362020-06-05 A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru Philips, T. Keith Whorrall, Kyle A. Gearner, Olivia M. Huchet, Jean-Bernard Zookeys Research Article A new genus of flightless spider beetle from Peru with two new species is described. It is characterized by unique heart-shaped fused elytra and a broad pronotum with five basal depressions. The characters of this new genus and species are illustrated and discussed and the possible phylogenetic placement of this taxon is also included. Pensoft Publishers 2020-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7250936/ /pubmed/32508495 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.934.38670 Text en T. Keith Philips, Kyle A. Whorrall, Olivia M. Gearner, Jean-Bernard Huchet http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Philips, T. Keith
Whorrall, Kyle A.
Gearner, Olivia M.
Huchet, Jean-Bernard
A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title_full A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title_fullStr A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title_full_unstemmed A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title_short A new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from western Peru
title_sort new genus of spider beetle (coleoptera, ptinidae) from western peru
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508495
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.934.38670
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