Two new species of Oocyclus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Colombia

https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v35i2.9227
Quindío New species Hygropetrics

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Published: Dec 31, 2009
Issue: Vol. 35 No. 2 (2009)
Section Agriculture / Research paper

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ANDREA LORENA GARCÍA-HERNÁNDEZ Universidad del Quindío. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología (CIBUQ)
Abstract

Two new species of the genus Oocyclus (O. luteus sp. n and O. morgani sp. n.) are described from the department of Quindío, Colombia. The first report of the genus for Colombia is made, and the diagnostic characters and male genitalia are illustrated.

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GARCÍA-HERNÁNDEZ, A. L. (2009). Two new species of Oocyclus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Colombia. Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 35(2), 250–252. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v35i2.9227
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