A new species of Neapion (Neotropion) Alonso - Zarazaga from Paraguay (Brentidae: Apioninae)

Abstract A new species of the genus NeapionAlonso-Zarazaga, 1990 subgenus NeotropionAlonso-Zarazaga, 1990 (Brentidae: Apioninae) is described and illustrated. Neapion (Neotropion) cleidecostae sp. nov. (Type locality: Paraguay, Misiones) is the second Apioninae species from South America with dense, thin vestiture and raised areas on the elytra. In addition to these characters, vestiture color pattern and male genitalic characters such as penis shape, length of the tuning fork-shaped sclerite in the internal sac (the largest found in Apioninae), and shape of the tegminal plate are diagnostic of this new species.

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Main Author: Sousa,Wesley Oliveira de
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 2020
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492020000200214
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