Redescription of Orthocis platensis Brèthes, 1922 (Coleoptera: Ciidae) and the first records of the species from Brazil

The genus Orthocis Casey is represented by 46 species occurring in insular and continental areas of the World, except for the Antarctic. Three Orthocis species are currently known from South America: the Andean O. elguetai Lopes-Andrade, from Chile; the Neotropical O. apicipennis (Pic) from a single...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: LOPES-ANDRADE, CRISTIANO, DE ARAUJO, LUCIMAR SOARES, SANDOVAL-GÓMEZ, VIVIAN E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2020
Subjects:
Coleoptera
Minute tree-fungus beetles
Neotropical fauna
taxonomy
Antarctic
Argentina
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4810.1.9
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.9
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Summary:The genus Orthocis Casey is represented by 46 species occurring in insular and continental areas of the World, except for the Antarctic. Three Orthocis species are currently known from South America: the Andean O. elguetai Lopes-Andrade, from Chile; the Neotropical O. apicipennis (Pic) from a single locality in South Brazil; and O. platensis Brèthes from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Orthocis platensis is here redescribed and recorded for the first time from South and Southeast Brazil.

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