Calleida desenderi, new species from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Coleoptera · Topics: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

Calleida desenderi Casale, sp. n., is described from Ecuador, Napo Province, surroundings of San Rafael. The new taxon is mostly characterized by the head and appendages rufous, the disc of elytra with marked metallic green reflection, the median lobe of aedeagus ring-like, and the endophallus with a long, twisted flagellum. A key for identification of the closer Neotropical species described so far is also provided.

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