The first species of Homaeotarsus Hochhuth, 1851 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) with remarkable sexual dimorphism

Letícia Cavalcanti, Bruno Gouvea, Roberta M. Valente, Angélico Asenjo

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Taxonomic coverage: Subfamily — Complete; Tribe — Unknown; Genus — Complete; Species — Focal taxa only

Country: Brazil

Reported localities: Urucu petroleum province, Amazonas, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon

Work type: taxonomy, new species, sexual dimorphism, canopy fogging, identification key

Keywords: Coleoptera, canopy fogging, Amazon, identification key, petroleum province, Urucu

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  • The bibliographic identity, DOI, publication date, subfamily Paederinae, genus Homaeotarsus, the focal new species Homaeotarsus forceps and the reported Brazilian geography are confirmed.
  • The DOI resolves to the official publisher article page.

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  • Tribal placement is not established, so no tribe is assigned.
  • Species-level coverage is focal: the publication also provides a key to three Brazilian species, which are not all encoded in the current record.

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