Teramocerus pulchriformis Mantilleri, 2015

Mantilleri, Antoine, 2016, Two New Species and New Records of Acratini (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (2), pp. 243-248 : 248

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.243

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FB7C308E-54C9-480F-87D9-165AB535A199

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4893614

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E5FD833-EA41-0D5A-35AE-D80B42EF7B57

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scientific name

Teramocerus pulchriformis Mantilleri, 2015
status

 

Teramocerus pulchriformis Mantilleri, 2015

Material Examined. Ecuador. 1 ♂, Napo Pr., 2 km N Ahuano Bridge (Campo Cocha) [1°02′S 77°33′W], 29 km NE Atahualpa, 5-16.IX.2000, F. T. Hovore, Malaise trap in cutover second growth forest, prép. micro. n°AM-TAMU00004 ( TAMU) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. With the present state of knowledge, the identification of this species using only external characters is impossible, since it is very similar to Teramocerus pulcher (Soares and Dias, 1971). Dissection of the genitalia and examination of the proximal sclerite of the internal sac of aedeagus of the specimen from Ecuador was necessary to confirm identification.

Teramocerus pulchriformis was previously known from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru ( Mantilleri 2015a). The occurrence of this species in Ecuador, east of the Andes, is not surprising and constitutes a new country record.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Genus

Teramocerus

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