A new species of Cymatodera Gray (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Honduras
Jacques Rifkind
California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832 USA
- Keywords
- Checkered beetles, fauna, endemism, neotropical
Abstract
Cymatodera batleth new species (Coleoptera: Cleridae) is described from Honduras. It appears to belong to a group of Central American congeners that share similar facies and coloration, deeply emarginate elytral apices and elaborately modified male pygidia
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