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Laccodytes costae sp. nov., and new records for the genus from Brazil (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

  • Rafael Benzi Braga,
  • Nelson Ferreira-Jr.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. spe

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Abstract 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 rondoniaToledo, 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. cobreinaeToledo, Megna & Alarie, 2011.

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