A preliminary overview of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) with an illustrated key for genera, and a checklist with distribution information

Authors

  • Wesley Oliveira de Sousa Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
  • Cibele Stramare Ribeiro-Costa Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera
  • Germano Henrique Rosado-Neto Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia

Keywords:

Curculionoidea, Neotropical Region, taxonomy, systematic

Abstract

Abstract: Here we examine the taxonomic diversity of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) and provide an update based on the literature and through examination of material in primary Brazilian collections. Ten genera and 89 species are valid and we include 30 (25 genera, 5 species) new distribution records. Chrysapion Kissinger, 1968 is first reported in Brazil, restricted to the northeast. Ranges now include the Amazon (three genera and one subgenus) and Atlantic (four genera and one subgenus) forests, the Pantanal (five genera) and Cerrado (three genera). The ranges of several genera now include more than one new biome. An identification key (including images of adults and illustrations of male genitalia) also includes the 10 Brazilian genera of Apioninae for the first time.
Issue Cover Vol.: 19 Num: 4

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Published

2019-01-01

How to Cite

de Sousa, W. O., Ribeiro-Costa, C. S., & Rosado-Neto, G. H. (2019). A preliminary overview of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) with an illustrated key for genera, and a checklist with distribution information. Biota Neotropica, 19(4). Retrieved from https://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1683

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2019): v19n4

Section

Articles