Cis pallidus Mellié, 1849: redescription, new synonym, geographic distribution, and host fungi records

Paula V Borlini; Cristiano Lopes-Andrade; Lucimar S Araujo

doi:10.3897/zookeys.762.23433

Cis pallidus Mellié, 1849: redescription, new synonym, geographic distribution, and host fungi records

Zookeys. 2018 May 31:(762):117-129. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.762.23433. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Paula V Borlini^{1

2}, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade², Lucimar S Araujo³

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Viçosa, Viçosa - MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
² Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Coleoptera, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Viçosa, Viçosa - MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Rio Paranaíba, MG 230, Km 8, Caixa Postal 22, Rio Paranaíba - MG, 38810-000, Brazil.

Abstract

Cis pallidus Mellié, 1849 is redescribed based on specimens from Northeast, Southeast, and South Brazil, and from Argentina. A lectotype is designated for Cis semipallidus Pic, 1916, and the species is synonymized with C. pallidus. The first host fungi records and a distribution map for the species are provided.

Keywords: Ciinae; Ciini; Neotropical; minute tree-fungus beetles.