Open AccessCis amazonicus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from North Brazil, with notes on the Cis tricornis species-group
Author(s) -
Cristiano LopesAndrade,
Vivian Eliana Sandoval-Gómez
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
boletim do museu paraense emílio goeldi. ciências naturais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2317-6237
pISSN - 1981-8114
DOI - 10.46357/bcnaturais.v12i3.81
Subject(s) - apex (geometry) , dorsum , french horn , biology , anatomy , species group , penis , phallus (fungus) , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , male genitalia , physics , acoustics
Cis amazonicus sp. nov. is described based on specimens collected in Belém, in the state of Pará, and Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil. The new species belongs to the Cis tricornis species-group and is characterized by a suboval body with total length of 0.94-1.20 mm, almost glabrous on dorsum, with single, confuse fine punctation on pronotum and elytra and smooth interspaces of punctures; males possess a cephalic horn projected upward, slightly bifurcated at apex, and two pronotal horns projected forward; tegmen bears a V-shaped emargination at apex; penis is elongate and about 1.4x as long as tegmen. Comments are provided on other species of the Cis tricornis group.