Sosa Francisco, Lara Rogéria I R, Martins Caleb C
Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Museo Entomológico "José Manuel Osorio" (MJMO) formerly UCOB, Cabudare, Lara, Venezuela.; Email:
Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, APTA Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes 2419, 14030-670, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Oct 9;4028(3):421-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.7.
Hemerobiella periotoi Sosa & Lara sp. nov. is described from Venezuela. The new species was collected at the edges of a mature cloud forest in Lara state. This is the third species known in Hemerobiella Kimmins, and the second recorded from Venezuela. Additionally, new Venezuelan records and illustrations of H. oswaldi Monserrat, as well as, a key to Hemerobiella species are provided.