Center for Systematic Entomology

Two new species of Pharaxonotha Reitter among the early-diverging lineages, with a key to the species of the genus (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae)

FestschriftMichael C. ThomasColeopteraErotylidaePharaxonothinae

  • William Tang

    Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P. O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614–7100 USA

  • Héctor Jaime Gasca-Álvarez

    USDA APHIS PPQ South Florida P.O. Box 660520 Miami, FL 33266, USA

ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:234F0CFB-B96E-4675-8F82-867EC8216ACB
Keywords
Cycad, Zamia, pollination, Central America

Abstract

Two species of the early-diverging lineages of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) are described: Pharaxonotha taylori Skelley and Tang, new species, and Pharaxonotha thomasi Skelley and Tang, new species. A new key to described species of Pharaxonotha, based on previously unused characters, is presented.

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