Especie nueva de Paraptorhodius (Coleoptera: Phengodidae: Mastinocerini) de Querétaro, México

Abstract

PARAPTORTHODIUS QUERETAROENSIS SP. NOV., TAKEN AT BLACK LIGTH TRAPS IN TILACO, QUERÉTARO, MEXICO IS DECRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. IT IS THE THIRD SPECIES OF GENUS, AND REPRESENTS THE FIRST RECORD OF THE FAMILY PHENGODIDAE IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF QUERÉTARO. IT IS COMPARED WITH P. MIRABILIS SCHAEFFER AND WITH P. SCHAEFFERI ZARAGOZA.