A new species of Neomida Latreille from Colombia, with additional records and a complementary description for Neomidasuilla (Champion) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperini)

Sergio Aloquio; Cristiano Lopes-Andrade

doi:10.3897/zookeys.495.8737

A new species of Neomida Latreille from Colombia, with additional records and a complementary description for Neomidasuilla (Champion) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperini)

Zookeys. 2015 Apr 8:(495):133-42. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.495.8737. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Sergio Aloquio¹, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade²

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
² Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.

Abstract

Neomidadiminuta sp. n. is described, based on a single male specimen from Colombia, and a redescription of Neomidasuilla (Champion) is given. Data on the morphology of the aedeagus for both species, and on the female abdominal terminalia for Neomidasuilla are provided. New records of Neomidasuilla from Atlantic Forest remnants in the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil are given.

Keywords: Brazil; Colombia; Diaperini; Neomida; Tenebrionidae; new records; new species; redescription.