Abstract

WHORRALL, Kyle A.  and  PHILIPS, T Keith. An unusual new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from a guano island of Peru. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2020, vol.79, n.4, pp.8-14. ISSN 0373-5680.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.790402.

A new genus and species of spider beetle from Peru is described. One specimen is known to have come from South Chincha Island, while others were intercepted in a guano shipment in Texas, USA. Unusual characters of this genus include a small cavity laterally on each side of the metepisternum and very broad spacing between the antennae. The potential biology and evolutionary relationships of this genus are briefly discussed.

Keywords : Bostrichoidea; Chincha Islands. Evolution; Myrmecophily.

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