Xenaroswelliana deltaquadrant (lat.) - a species of beetles from the family Carabidae . Endemic to Brazil . Found in Lagoa des Pedras (on the outskirts of the eutrophic swamp), in the west of Rio Cana Brava, 160 km north-east from the city of Brasilia , 15.067 ° S, 47.078 ° W, 492 m, Esta-do de Goias , Brazil. Small (about 4 mm) yellowish-brick-colored bugs (head slightly darker). Pronotum transverse (wider than its length) [1] .
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Systematics
The systematic position of the taxon Xenaroswelliana deltaquadrant remains unclear; previously, it can be assigned to either the Psydrinae subfamily or the Harpalinae subfamily. Some features make it possible to bring it closer to the myrmecophilic (and termitophilic ) tribe Psuedomorphini [2] . The species was described in 2007 by the American entomologist Terry Erwin ( Eng. Terry L. Erwin ; Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution , Washington ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Erwin Terry L. Xenaroswellanini, Xenaroswelliana deltaquadrant, New Tribe, New Genus, and New Species from the Cerrado of Estado de Goias, Brazil (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) (Eng.) // Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. - 2007. - Vol. 58 , no. 27 . - P. 561-568 . (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Baehr, M. 1992. Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian region. 1. The previous genera Sphallomorpha Westwood and Silphomorpha Westwood. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography. (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidac) Spixiana, Supplement 18: 1-439.