Published March 21, 2017 | Version v1
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Auxicerus Waterhouse 1883

  • 1. Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 1019 F 079 - 5 C 55 - 4467 - 80 BE-DBB 75 A 50 F 10 F & Corresponding author: robertperger @ hotmail. com
  • 2. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia / Fitossanidade, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Insetos, Rua Manoel Medeiros, s / n, Dois Irmãos 52171 - 900 - Recife, PE, Brazil. & Email: paschoal. grossi @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 5347 A 9 A 1 - F 9 DD- 44 E 8 - ABB 8 - 2542 E 8 EDF 1 FB
  • 3. Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & Email: ferguerrafideo @ yahoo. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 35 C 6845 C- 9 FC 8 - 4541 - B 329 - 82 FC 44 FE 0 DF 7

Description

Key to the males of Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883

1. Antennal lamellae distinctly separated, distance between lamellae larger than width of first lamella … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …2

– Antennal lamellae not distinctly separated, distance between lamellae considerably smaller than width of first lamella ………………………………………… Auxicerus magnipunctatus sp. nov.

2. Proximal half of femora and distal half of tibiae light red to red …… A. multicolor (Boileau, 1897)

– Proximal half of femora and distal half of tibiae brownish …………………………………………3

3. Elytral surface entirely shiny and uniformly punctate ………………… A. aethiops Jakowleff, 1900

– Elytral surface shiny only along suture, elsewhere opaque; punctures larger near suture ……………………………………………………………………… A. platyceps Waterhouse, 1883

Notes

Published as part of Perger, Robert, Grossi, Paschoal Coelho & Guerra, Fernando, 2017, Description of a new species of the stag beetle genus Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae), pp. 1-10 in European Journal of Taxonomy 302 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.302, http://zenodo.org/record/3825810

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lucanidae
Genus
Auxicerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Waterhouse
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883 sec. Perger, Grossi & Guerra, 2017

References

  • Waterhouse C. O. 1883. Notice of a new genus and species of Lucanoid Coleoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (12): 387 - 388. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 16006755 [accessed 6 Feb. 2017]
  • Boileau H. 1897. Description d'un lucanide nouveau. Le Naturaliste 19: 247 - 248.
  • Jakowleff B. E. 1900. Description de quelques nouvelles especes de la famille des lucanides. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 34: 631 - 642.