N. teramnus Guimaraes & Ferreira-Jr, 2019

Baca, Stephen M. & Short, Andrew Edward Z., 2021, Review of the New World Notomicrus Sharp (Coleoptera, Noteridae) I: Circumscription of species groups and review of the josiahi group with description of a new species from Brazil, ZooKeys 1025, pp. 177-201 : 177

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9D007A0-2385-4104-816C-F9177473ABBC

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A7ADB32-3952-55F9-939B-63DAE62EBBA5

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scientific name

N. teramnus Guimaraes & Ferreira-Jr, 2019
status

 

N. teramnus Guimaraes & Ferreira-Jr, 2019

Remarks.

Notomicrus teramnus would also appear a member of the Notomicrus nanulus group, given the above-mentioned characters. An argument could be made that this is the case as it only appears to differ in the shape of the posterior lobes of the noterid platform being more angular than most species in the Notomicrus nanulus group. This species otherwise appears to lack characters that would unite it with other species groups, though this will require examination and/or phylogenetic investigation. We abstain from placing it as member of the Notomicrus nanulus group as N. teramnus is known only from a high elevation hygropetric habitat, which may present confounding morphological specialization. Aedeagal morphology is not here considered to be indicative of a particular placement, but the very unusual morphology of the aedeagus of N. teramnus (see Guimarães and Ferreira-Jr 2019) further raises questions of placement.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Noteridae

Genus

Notomicrus