Abstract

BUSTAMANTE-NAVARRETE, Abdhiel; OROZ-RAMOS, Anahí  and  GONZALEZ-FUENTES, Guillermo. A new species of genus Mulsantina (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini) from southern Peru. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2021, vol.92, e923777.  Epub Mar 07, 2022. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.377.

Mulsantina Weise, 1906 is a New World genus, primarily distributed in Central and North America, and currently comprising 9 species, with 2 of them present in South America. In this work, Mulsantina alejandroi is described, based on 3 specimens collected in the department of Cusco, in southeastern Peru. The new species, in addition to being the first record of the genus for Peru, is the southernmost taxon of the genus, and together with M. mexicana Chapin and M. latifasciata González, represent the only South American records of the group.

Keywords : Choquequirao; Cleis; Cusco; Pseudocleis.

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