A new Colombian species of Liodessus diving beetles from the Páramo de Sumapaz (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

Liodessus picinus sp. nov. is described from the Páramo de Sumapaz near Bogota D.C. at 3,500 m above sea level. The species can be distinguished from the other Colombian Liodessus species by its dark coloration, discontinuous habitus, shiny surface of the pronotum and elytron, presence of a distinct...

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Autor: Balke, Michael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad del Atlántico
Repositorio:Repositorio Uniatlantico
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uniatlantico.edu.co:20.500.12834/822
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12834/822
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Colombia, Dytiscidae, Liodessus, new species, Páramo, Sumapaz
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Sumario:Liodessus picinus sp. nov. is described from the Páramo de Sumapaz near Bogota D.C. at 3,500 m above sea level. The species can be distinguished from the other Colombian Liodessus species by its dark coloration, discontinuous habitus, shiny surface of the pronotum and elytron, presence of a distinct occipital line, distinct basal pronotal striae, short or even faint basal elytral striae, as well as by its distinct geographic distribution and cox1 signature.