Four new species of Phrynidius Lacordaire (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Mexico with an identification key for the genus

Since the description of its eight species, the Mesoamerican genus Phrynidius Lacordaire (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini) has not been comprehensively studied, with only a few distributional records published in recent years. In this work, four new species of Phrynidius are described from Chiap...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gutiérrez, Nayeli, Toledo-Hernández, Víctor H., Noguera, Felipe A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.56757
Descripción
Sumario:Since the description of its eight species, the Mesoamerican genus Phrynidius Lacordaire (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini) has not been comprehensively studied, with only a few distributional records published in recent years. In this work, four new species of Phrynidius are described from Chiapas, Mexico: P. cristinaesp. nov. from the municipality of Escuintla, P. diminutussp. nov. from San Cristobal, Phrynidius jonesisp. nov. from Trinitaria, and P. tuberculatussp. nov. from Jaltenango. An updated taxonomic key and illustrations of the new species are also provided.

Ejemplares similares