Description of a New Species of Laccophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with Notes on Other Cuban Species

Yoandri S. Megna; Albert Deler-Hernández; Gilbert L. Challet

doi:10.1649/072.065.0302

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Yoandri S. Megna,¹ Albert Deler-Hernández,² Gilbert L. Challet³

¹Departemento de Biología, Museo de Historia Natural “Charles Ramsden” Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, CUBA ysuarez1976@yahoo.es
²Departamento de Zoología, Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO) Enramadas No 601 esq. Barnada, CP: 90100. Santiago de Cuba, CUBA adeler1982@yahoo.com
³Bohart Museum, University of California at Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A challet@cox.net

Abstract

This work deals with the taxonomic composition, distribution, and bionomics of the genus Laccophilus Leach in Cuba. One new species, Laccophilus alariei Megna, Deler-Hernández, and Challet, is described. Diagnostic characters, including genitalia, are described and illustrated. A key to the Cuban species of Laccophilus is provided.

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Yoandri S. Megna, Albert Deler-Hernández, and Gilbert L. Challet "Description of a New Species of Laccophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with Notes on Other Cuban Species," The Coleopterists Bulletin 65(3), 213-226, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.1649/072.065.0302

Received: 23 April 2011; Accepted: 3 July 2011; Published: 1 September 2011

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