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Revision of the New World abariform genera Neotalus n. gen. and Abaris Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini (Auctorum))

2002; Volume: 71; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/p.215808

1943-6300

Kipling Will,

Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

New World ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the abariform genus-group are classified into three genera, Pseudabarys Chaudoir, Neotalus new genus and Abaris Dejean.Species of the clade Neotalus + Abaris are revised.Based on the cladistic analysis of adult characteristics, a preferred hypothesis groups species of Abaris into clades that are designated as two subgenera and four speciesgroups: Abaris sensu stricto containing three clades designated as species-groups; A. striolata, A. aenea, and A. picipes-groups and subgenus Abaridius Chaudoir (type species Abaris tachypoides) comprised of the A. tacky poides-gvonp and two species placed sedis mutabilis within the subgenus.Seventeen new species are described in the genus Abaris: A. napoensis, A. bicolor, A. nitida, A. nigra, from Ecuador; A. franiai, A. inflata, A. convexa, A. inaequaloides, A. wardi, from Bolivia; A. impunctata, A. nobilis, from Brazil; A. metallica from Venezuela; A. retiaria, from Colombia and Ve-