Title
A new Peruvian species of Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Proteininae)
Date Issued
10 February 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
A new species of Megarthrus Curtis is described from the Eastern slopes of the Andes in southeastern Peru (Department of Cuzco). Major diagnostic features are photographed and illustrated, and COI molecular barcode is given.
Start page
581
End page
588
Volume
4731
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079424161
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to Diana Silva and Gerardo Lamas for allowing us to use the Entomology Department facilities during this research. We sincerely thank Silvina Lassa (Laboratorio de Microscopía Electrónica de Barrido y Microanálisis, Mendoza, Argentina) who kindly took the micrographs. We express our hearty thanks to Giulio Cuccodoro and William Rodríguez for their comments and suggestions that undoubtedly improved the manuscript. Special thanks to Yasmani Esquivel who kindly translate the abstract to Quechua. For the loan of materials, we thank G. Cuccodoro (MHNG), Alfred F. Newton (FMNH), Margaret K. Thayer (FMNH), and M. Turcatel (FMNH). Funding for this research was provided by Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA) and its research grant in the Biological Station “Wayqecha” granted to the second author (M.R.), the Programa Nacional de Innovación Agraria, Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú (contract N° 196-2018-INIA-PNIA-PASANTÍA) granted to the second author (M.R.), and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, CNPq (151524/2018-1 and 300651/2019-8) granted to the third author (A.A.). Special thanks to Ida Bartolini (SENASA, Peru) who generously allowed us to sequence COI of specimens of Megarthrus through the Project “DNA Barcoding of Peruvian Insects” (N°038-2015-INIA-PNIA/ UPMSI/IE). The material was collected under the permit N° 352-2017-SERFOR/DGGSPFFS given by Servicio Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre del Perú-SERFOR.
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