A new species of Epectinaspis Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Guatemala and rediscovery of Balanogonia constricta Paucar-Cabrera

ABSTRACT

Epectinaspis canoi new species is described and illustrated, and its similarities with the other species of the genus are discussed. A modification of the taxonomic key of this genus is provided. In addition, Balanogonia constricta Paucar-Cabrera is rediscovered and illustrated with data on its geographical distribution and habits.

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KEYWORDS:

• Anomalini
• Central America
• Neotropical
• taxonomy
• Mexico

Acknowledgments

We are especially grateful to Enio Cano (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) for the loan of the specimen of the new species here described. The senior author expresses thanks to the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) for the “Cátedras CONACYT” program and to the Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, for the technical and scientific support given to the project No. 59: “Laboratorio Regional de Biodiversidad y Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales (LBCTV) del Instituto de Biología (IBUNAM), sede Tlaxcala”; to CONACYT for the Laboratorios Nacionales CONACYT program that allowed us to obtain microscopy equipment, and to the Secretaría de Fomento Agropecuario del Estado de Tlaxcala (SEFOA) for a support grant as part of the institutional collaboration agreement, and to Jorge Cortés Flores (UNAM) for the taxonomic determination of the plant specimen.

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