Four new species of Diploharpus Chaudoir 1850 from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Perigonini)

Pierre Moret (1)

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Diploharpus Chaudoir 1850 is a neotropical genus of the carabid tribe Perigonini, widespread in Middle and South America from Mexico to Bolivia. It lives under barks of dead trees in tropical rainforests and montane subtropical forests. This work includes descriptions, illustrations, and distributional data for four new Ecuadorian species: Diploharpus pubescens n. sp., Diploharpus curtulus n. sp., Diploharpus iridescens n. sp., and Diploharpus rossii n. sp..

Mots clés: Coleoptera; Carabidae; Perigonini; Diploharpus; Ecuador

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Pierre Moret. Four new species of Diploharpus Chaudoir 1850 from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Perigonini). P. M. Giachino. Biodiversity of South America I, World Biodiversity Association onlus, Verona, p. 201-208, 2008, Memoirs on Biodiversity, 1. ⟨hal-00723864⟩