Two new synonymies at the generic level in Neotropical Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae)

Pedro Gnaspini; Caio Antunes-Carvalho; Stewart B Peck

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.7

Two new synonymies at the generic level in Neotropical Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae)

Zootaxa. 2016 Jun 29;4132(2):272-4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.7.

Authors

Pedro Gnaspini¹, Caio Antunes-Carvalho², Stewart B Peck³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Email: gnaspini@ib.usp.br.
² Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.
³ Research Associate, Entomology, Research and Collections Division, Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4, Canada; Email: unknown.

PMID: 27395667
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.7

Abstract

We here recognize the genus Excelsiorella (s. str.) Salgado, 2008 as a junior synonym of the genus Adelopsis Portevin, 1907, and Viruana Salgado, 2013, a subgenus of Excelsiorella, as a junior synonym of the genus Parapaulipalpina Gnaspini, 1996. As a consequence, we propose the following new combinations: Adelopsis latissima (Salgado, 2008) n. comb. (from Excelsiorella (s. str.)) and Parapaulipalpina tambopata (Salgado, 2013) n. comb. (from Excelsiorella (Viruana)).

MeSH terms

Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Male
Organ Size