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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532017000300608</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2017.07.016</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The passalid beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Costa Rica, with the description of two new species of Passalus]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los pasálidos (Coleoptera: Passalidae) de Costa Rica, con la descripción de dos especies nuevas de Passalus]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Ferbans]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Larry]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reyes-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Schuster]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jack C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Beza-Beza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristian]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Magdalena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Marta ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Valle de Guatemala  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guatemala ]]></addr-line>
<country>Guatemala</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,The University of Memphis  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Memphis TN]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>608</fpage>
<lpage>615</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000300608&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000300608&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000300608&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Two new endemic, brachypterous species of Passalus (Pertinax) from mid and high montane habitats of the Sierra de Talamanca, Costa Rica, are described and illustrated. Additionally, a checklist for the bess beetle species of Costa Rica is provided.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se describen e ilustran 2 especies nuevas endémicas de Passalus (Pertinax) con alas reducidas de mediana y alta montaña de la Sierra de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Adicionalmente, se provee un listado de las especies de pasálidos de Costa Rica.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bess beetles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Diversity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brachypterous]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pasálidos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diversidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Taxonomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Braquipterismo]]></kwd>
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