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Two new species of Epipocus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from Mexico and Costa Rica, with a discussion on species groups in Epipocus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2014

Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela ,
Wioletta Tomaszewska  and
Floyd W. Shockley
Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela*
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-153, 04510 D.F. México, Mexico
Wioletta Tomaszewska
Affiliation:
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland.
Floyd W. Shockley
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-165, Washington, DC 20013–7012, United States of America
*
2 Corresponding author (e-mail: biorbit@hotmail.com).
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Abstract

Two new species of Epipocus Germar (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) are described: Epipocus olmecusnew species from Veracruz, Mexico, and E. costatusnew species from Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The species groups of Epipocus proposed by Strohecker are discussed and a modified key to the E. rufitarsis group accommodating these two new species is provided.

Type
Systematics & Morphology
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 148 - 157
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2014 

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