Six new Cymatodera speciesfrom the Mexican states of Jalisco and Chiapas, and the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panamá are described: Cymatodera rosalinae sp. n., Cymatodera capax sp. n., Cymatodera sinuosa sp. n., Cymatodera vittata sp. n., Cymatodera rubida sp. n. and Cymatodera limatula sp. n. Justification for retaining Cymatodera obliquefasciata within Cymatodera instead of transferring it to Bogcia is provided. Male genitalia and other characters of taxonomic value are illustrated.
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January 2019
Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002..
Bostrichoclerus bicornus Van Dyke is known from southwest United States and northwest Mexico. To date, only two specimens have been captured: the holotype, collected on Isla Angel de la Guarda, in the Gulf of California, Mexico, and a second individual collected in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The original description of B.
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December 2017
Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
The subfamily Tillinae Leach is represented by 12 genera in the New World. In this study, eight of these genera are revised. A diagnosis and redescription of the species of Barr, Rifkind, Barr, Latreille, Barr, Wolcott & Chapin, Spinola, and Chapin are presented.
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November 2017
Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002..
Five new species of Cymatodera from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama are described here based on adult male and female specimens: Cymatodera humeralis sp. n; Cymatodera lorenae sp. n.
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December 2015
Department of Entomology, 123 Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Email: unknown.
This checklist presents the distribution of the checkered beetle subfamily Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae) in the New World. Information for 164 species and 2 subspecies from 11 genera is included. The data are based on an extensive survey of material collected throughout the Americas, descriptions of new species, a number of revisionary works, data from museum specimens, as well as unpublished checklists.
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August 2015
Department of Entomology, 123 Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Four new species of Cymatodera are described from Mexico: Cymatoderatortuosa Burke & Rifkind, sp. n. from Hidalgo and Tamaulipas; Cymatoderaortegae Burke, sp.
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