Laboratório de Taxonomia de Insetos, Departamento de Agronomia/Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Neotrop Entomol. 2022 Jun;51(3):458-473. doi: 10.1007/s13744-022-00960-z. Epub 2022 May 19.
Two new species of the Pelidnota liturella species group are described from Brazil, Pelidnota everardoi sp. nov. and P. luciae sp. nov. The new species are included on the Pelidnota key proposed previously in the literature and an identification key is provided for the Pelidnota liturella species group. Diagnostic characters of the new species, illustrations of male genitalia, and photographs of type material are provided. Furthermore, notes about the Pelidnota liturella species group distribution and new Brazilian state records for two species are also provided: P. flavovittata (Perty, 1830) from Goiás, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; and P. liturella liturella (Kirby, 1819) from Ceará. Finally, distributional maps for all the P. liturella species group are provided.
本文描述了来自巴西的 Pelidnota liturella 物种组的两个新物种，Pelidnota everardoi sp. nov. 和 P. luciae sp. nov. 新物种被纳入文献中先前提出的 Pelidnota 关键，并提供了 Pelidnota liturella 物种组的识别关键。提供了新物种的鉴别特征、雄性生殖器插图和模式标本照片。此外，还提供了 Pelidnota liturella 物种组分布的说明以及两种物种在巴西新州的记录：Goiás、里约热内卢和圣保罗的 P. flavovittata (Perty, 1830)；以及塞阿拉的 P. liturella liturella (Kirby, 1819)。最后，提供了所有 Pelidnota liturella 物种组的分布图。
