Description of a new species of Phaenonotum from eastern Cuba (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
Deler-Hernández Albert, Cala-Riquelme Franklyn, Fikáček Martin
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(2): 615-622, 2013
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Abstract: A new species of the genus Phaenonotum Sharp, 1882, P. delgadoi sp. nov., is
described from the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountain range in eastern Cuba. The new
species is diagnosed from other species of the genus, and compared in detail
with P. exstriatum (Say, 1835) and P. minor Smetana, 1978. All specimen of the
new species were collected by sifting forest leaf litter far from any known
water source and the species is therefore likely terrestrial.
Key words: Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Coelostomatini, new species, Cuba, Caribbean, Neotropical Region