Abstract
A new genus, Timabiara, and a new species, T. bahiensis, are described from Brazil (Bahia). The Cleomenini key for neotropical genera presented by Napp & Mermudes (2001) is herein modified in order to include this new genus.
Cerambycinae; Cleomenini; new genus; South America; Timabiara
New South American genus and species of Cleomenini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)1 1 Contribuição número 1230 do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.
Dilma Solange Napp; José Ricardo M. Mermudes
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Bolsista do CNPq
ABSTRACT
A new genus, Timabiara, and a new species, T. bahiensis, are described from Brazil (Bahia). The Cleomenini key for neotropical genera presented by Napp & Mermudes (2001) is herein modified in order to include this new genus.
Key words: Cerambycinae, Cleomenini, new genus, South America, Timabiara
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We are gratefull to Dr. Miguel A. Monné (MNRJ) for the loan of the specimens studied and to Dr. A. M. Sakakibara (DZUP) who kindly revised the english manuscript and took the photos.
Recebido em 28.IX.2000; aceito em 15.VI.2001.
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
30 Apr 2009 -
Date of issue
July 2001
History
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Accepted
15 June 2001 -
Received
28 Sept 2008