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Issue: Vol. 2917 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2917.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 5

Five new species of Telegeusis Horn, 1895 (Coleoptera: Telegeusidae) from Mexico, with a key to the species

Instituto de Biología, Departamento de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior SN, Apartado Postal 70 – 153, 04510 México D.F., Mexico
Instituto de Biología, Departamento de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior SN, Apartado Postal 70 – 153, 04510 México D.F., Mexico
Coleoptera Especies nuevas ilustraciones clave a especies

Abstract

Five Mexican species of the genus Telegeusis, T. austellus sp. n., T. sonorensis sp. n., T. boreios sp. n., T. glessum sp. n., and T. granulatus sp. n., from Quintana Roo, Sonora, Nayarit and Veracruz are described and illustrated. New records of T. orientalis Zaragoza, a key to the 12 known species and an updated checklist are also presented.

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