A new species of discopleurus lacordaire: The first stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from Brazil

Abstract

Discopleurus bondezani sp. nov. is described from a small cave within the Cerrado biogeographic province, in the state of Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil. The new species is unique among Discopleurus in having the abdominal ventrite 2 as long as ventrite 5. Habitus photographs of the new species and a comparison of morphological characteristics with other closely related species are provided. This is the first record of a species of Stenosini from Brazil.