Entomophthalmus americanus Bonvouloir, 1972

Vahtera, Varpu, Muona, Jyrki, Linna, Ari & Saeaeksjaervi, Ilari E., 2015, Nine genera of Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) new to Peru, with a key to Peruvian genera, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4493-4493 : 4493

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4493

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scientific name

Entomophthalmus americanus Bonvouloir, 1972
status

 

Entomophthalmus americanus Bonvouloir, 1972

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 38; Taxon: higherClassification: Coleoptera; Eucnemidae; Melasinae; Dirhagini; genus: Entomophthalmus Bonvouloir, 1871; Location: continent: South America; country: Peru; county: Loreto; municipality: Iquitos; locality: National Reserve of Allpahuayo Mishana (NRAM)

Notes

This is the only species found in our study that was previously known from Peru ( Schenkling 1928). It was widespread and common in our material, present in 15 sites in both clay and white-soil forest (Suppl. material 2).