Three new species of Cylloepus Erichson (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Southeastern Brazil

MARIA INES DA SILVA DOS PASSOS ¹NELSON FERREIRA-JR ²BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO³

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作者信息

1. P6s-graduaqdo em Ciencias Biologicas - Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Laboratorio de Insetos Aqudticos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Paster 458, Urea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20290-240, Brazil
3. Laboratorio de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Caixa Postal 68044, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-971, Brazil
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Abstract

The genus Cylloepus is found in the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions and currently represented by 52 species. Twenty species are recorded from Brazil, and three of them from Rio de Janeiro State. Here three new species of Cylloepus are described—Cylloepus quinquecarinatus sp. nov., Cylloepus nessimiani sp. nov., and Cylloepus friburguensis sp. nov. All were collected in the Rio Macae Basin, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.

Key words

Atlantic forest/Cylloepus quinquecarinatus sp. nov./Cylloepus nessimiani sp. nov./Cylloepus friburguensis sp. nov./Elminae/Neotropical Region/Rio Macae Basin/Brazil

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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