Review of Ctenopeuca Bernhauer, a spiny, pipevine flower-associated rove beetle from South America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini)
Ctenopeuca Bernhauer is a genus restricted to South America, with males exhibit bimodal secondary sexual characters with alpha males having large abdominal spines and feminized spine-less beta males. In contrast to other Oxypodini genera, Ctenopeuca lacks a frontal suture on the head and has a bifid ligula. Here, we redescribe the genus and the two species, provide a diagnosis for the genus, and make remarks about its systematic position within the Oxypodini.
Authors
- FLAVIA B. BARROSO (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-6443)
- K. TARO ELDREDGE
- EDILSON CARON
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Institute of Zoology (KZ)
- Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (US)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03