A new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann, 1921 from Peru (Coleoptera,Dytiscidae, Copelatinae) |
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Authors: | Lars Hendrich Rico Apenborn Ernst-Gerhard Burmeister Michael Balke |
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Institution: | 1.SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D-81247 München, Germany;2.Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz, Germany;3.GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
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Abstract: | Agaporomorphus
julianeae
sp. n. is described from the Biological Field Station Panguana, in Huànuco province of central Peru. The new species belongs to the Agaporomorphus
knischi-group sensu Miller 2005. Together with Agaporomorphus
knischi Zimmermann, 1921 and Agaporomorphus
colberti Miller & Wheeler, 2008 this is the third species of the genus with broadly enlarged male antennomeres. The new species can be separated from Agaporomorphus
colberti and Agaporomorphus
knischi by the smaller please expanded male antennomere VIII, and the form of the median lobe. Important species characters (median lobe, male antennae, metafemur, colour pattern) of the new species and Agaporomorphus
knischi are figured, and the habitat, a temporary blackwater forest pond, and its species rich water beetle coenosis are illustrated and described in detail. The Brazilian Agaporomorphus
mecolobus Miller, 2001, only known from the type material from Sao Paulo, is here recorded for Minas Gerais. Habitus photos of four additional Agaporomorphus species and Hydrodytes
opalinus (Zimmermann, 1921) are provided. Altogether ten species of Agaporomorphus are now known. |
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Keywords: | Dytiscidae" target="_blank">Dytiscidae Agaporomorphus" target="_blank">Agaporomorphus Hydrodytes" target="_blank">Hydrodytes new species new records habitat Peru Panguana Neotropical region |
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