Neodhysores
Ross T. Bell- Neodhysores seximpressus
- Neodhysores schreiberi
Introduction
The genus Neodhysores is found only in southeastern Brazil. There are only three known specimens, representing two species.
Characteristics
The representatives of Neodhysores have two setae on the labrum. The pronotum has angular and about five marginal setae. There are minor setae on antennomeres VI-X. The prefrontal pits are oblique, prominent, and separated by less tban half the width of one of them. The postantennal pits are prominent. The orbital groove is absent. The discal striole extends nearly to the anterior margin of the pronotum. The eye and the hind wing are large and normal.
Dorsal aspect of head and pronotum of Neodhysores seximpressus.
Modified from Bell and Bell 1978. Copyright © 1978 Ross T. Bell and Joyce R. Bell.
References
Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1978. Rhysodini of the World part I. A new classification of the tribe, and a synopsis of Omoglymmius subgenus Nitiglymmius, new subgenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 14: 43-88.
Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1979. Rhysodini of the World part II. Revisions of the smaller genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 15: 377-446.
Vulcano, M. A. and F. S. Pereira. 1975. Os Rhysodidae Sul-americanos (Col.) Studia Entomologia 18(1/4):153-188.
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Ross T. Bell
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