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A REVISION OF THE MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN SPECIES OF ISOMIRA (COLEOPTERA: ALLECULIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. M. Campbell*
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

The Mexican and Central American species of the Genus Isomira Mulsant (Coleoptera: Alleculidae) are revised. Ten species and four subspecies are treated, of which six species and all the subspecies are described as new. New species are: Isomira championi, I. howdeni, I. rotundata, I. mexicanus, I. acuta, and I. alticola. New subspecies are: Isomira howdeni hidalgoensis, I. subaenea soror, I. s. punctata, and I. s. guatemalensis. A key is presented for the determination of the taxa.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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