Villablanca-Miranda, Vicente, Villablanca, Javier and Ziga-Reinoso, Lvaro (2022). Psectrascelis senex sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new species from the southern Atacama Desert, Chile. Zootaxa, 5174 (3). S. 285 - 294. AUCKLAND: MAGNOLIA PRESS. ISSN 1175-5334

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Abstract

Psectrascelis Solier, 1836 is the most specious South American genus of Nycteliini, which inhabit arid and semiarid regions. Recent expeditions to the southern part of the Atacama Desert collected specimens of Psectrascelis which do not fit with any other described species belonging to this genus. These specimens are morphologically close to P. penai Kulzer, 1955 but the presence of carinae on the elytra easily differentiates this taxon from this mentioned above. Here, we analyzed external morphology, both male and female genitalia, and sequences from a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene with that of morphologically close species. Our study supports the description of Psectrascelis senex sp. nov. and suggests that P. senex sp. nov. is the sister species of P. penai.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Villablanca-Miranda, VicenteUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Villablanca, JavierUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ziga-Reinoso, LvaroUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-659807
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.6
Journal or Publication Title: Zootaxa
Volume: 5174
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 285 - 294
Date: 2022
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS
Place of Publication: AUCKLAND
ISSN: 1175-5334
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65980

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