Laccodytes costae sp. nov., and new records for the genus from Brazil (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.17Keywords:
Laccophilini, Key, Taxonomy, Neotropics, New speciesAbstract
Laccodytes costae sp. nov., from Brazil, is described and illustrated; the new species is the third known member of the Laccodytes apalodes species-group. New records for Brazil: Laccodytes americanus Peschet, 1919, new for the country and Laccodytes rondonia Toledo, Spangler & Balke, 2010, new for the state of Pará. A modified version of the key from Toledo, Spangler & Balke (2010) is provided with new couplets to allow the identification of the new species as well as L. cobreinae Toledo, Megna & Alarie, 2011.
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