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New species and rediagnosis of Akamboja, and a new record for A-minimum (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae)

Journal

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 52, Issue 45-46, Pages 2935-2947

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1559958

Keywords

distribution; Elateroidea; glow-worm beetles; neotropical; systematics

Funding

  1. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [306105/2016-0]
  2. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior [001, 440479/2015-0]
  3. Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [110.040/2014, 211.522/2016]

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Akamboja was recently described based on five species with relatively small geographic ranges, all of which are within the boundaries of the South-eastern Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. Recent expeditions in the continental island of Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil) resulted in the discovery of a new species of the genus. Akamboja insularis sp. nov. has all diagnostic features of the genus, except for the branches of the antennomere IX, which are separated, unlike any other Akamboja. Here, we describe this new species, provide a new record for Akamboja minimum Roza et al. and propose a new diagnosis for the genus.

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