Abstract
DolichomitusSmith is a widely distributed pimpline genus with more than seventy known species. There are eight species previously reported from South America:D. annulicornis(Cameron),D. bivittatusTownes,D. hypermecesTownes,D. jataiLoffredo & Penteado-Dias,D. longicaudaSmith,D. megalourus(Morley),D. moacyriLoffredo & Penteado-Dias andD. zonatus(Cresson). In this paper, we describe five new species:D. mariajosaeAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. menaiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. orejuelaiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. pimmiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov., andD. rendoniAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.All have been collected in cloud forests in the Colombian tropical Andes. An illustrated key to the South American species of the genus is also provided.
Funder
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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