Review of the Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Libonatti, María Laura, Ruta, Rafal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Magnolia Press
• Subjects: Marsh Beetles; New Species; New Combinations; New Records; Neotropical; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Ruta; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/15647

The Pseudomicrocara Armstrong from Argentina are reviewed. In total, seven species are present: Pseudomicrocara angusta sp. nov., P. antarctica (Fairmaire) comb. nov., P. hieroglyphica sp. nov., P. inflexipenis sp. nov., P. livida (Fabricius), P. obliquata (Solier) comb. nov., and P. patagonica (Curtis) comb. nov. New provincial records are provided for several species. Pseudomicrocara obliquata, previously known only from Chile, is recorded from Argentina for the first time. Illustrations of habitus and genitalia as well as distributional data for all Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara are provided. Fil: Libonatti, María Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomologia; Argentina Fil: Ruta, Rafal. University of Wrocław; Polonia