PRIMEROS REGISTROS PARA CHILE DE DOS ESPECIES DE PILOBALIA BURMEISTER, 1875 (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE) FIRST RECORDS FOR CHILE OF THE TWO SPECIES OF PILOBALIA BURMEISTER, 1875 (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)

Abstract

In the present work, the first Chilean records of Pilobalia torresi Molinari, 1968 and Pilobalia escobari Peña, 1973 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Nycteliini) are reported. The specimens were collected by hand in Colchane (19° 16´ 60´´ S, 68° 37´ 60´´ W), in the Altiplano of the Region of Tarapacá, Chile. A redescription of the species and an environmental characterization of the collection sites are provided