Hexacylloepus Hinton, 1940 rises again; 18 new species of a neglected genus (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Elmidae)

Author(s)

Polizei, Thiago T. S. ^{[1, 2]} ; Barclay, Maxwell V. L. ^[3] ; Bispo, Pitagoras C. ^{[2, 4]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo MZSP, Museu Zool, Lab Coleoptera LaC, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto FF, Dept Biol, Programa Posgrad Entomol, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[3] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London SW7 5BD - England

^[4] Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho Un, Fac Ciencias & Letras Assis FCL, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Biol Aquat LABIA, Assis, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 4819, n. 1, p. 6-48, JUL 22 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

The genus Hexacylloepus extends from the Neotropical region to the southwestern United States of America. At present, 25 species are known from 20 countries, with no new species proposed since 1972. In this paper, we describe and illustrate 18 new species (H. barrae; H. calori; H. casariae; H. froehlichi; H. geiseri; H. grandis; H. iassu; H. keitai; H. maierae; H. manauara; H. metapa; H. phalluspilosus; H. shorti; H. taylorae; H. thoracica; H. tibialis; H. ubirajarai; H. zaninii), from eight countries and give the first records of the genus from Suriname and Guyana. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/17064-7 - Review of Hexacylloepus Hinton, 1940 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae)
• Grantee: Thiago Tadeu Silva Polizei
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 12/21196-8 - Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (Insecta): reducing Linnean, Wallacean and Henningian deficits
• Grantee: Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/21184-0 - Review of Hexacylloepus Hinton, 1940 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae)
• Grantee: Thiago Tadeu Silva Polizei
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree