Aegidium atlanticum Frolov, Grossi, & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015

Aegidium atlanticum Frolov, Grossi et Vaz-de-Mello

 

Original description: Frolov, Grossi and Vaz-de-Mello, 2015.

Type locality: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Type depository: Insect Collection, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil.

Diagnosis. Aegidium atlanticum can be easily separated from the other described congeners by the shape of the parameres having three apical processes.

Aegidium atlanticum Frolov, Grossi, & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015

Aegidium atlanticum

 

Distribution. Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Aegidium atlanticum Frolov, Grossi, & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015, locality map

Aegidium atlanticum, locality map

 

Reference.

Frolov AV, Grossi PC, Vaz-de-Mello FZ. 2015. A new species of the genus Aegidium  (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in South America. Zootaxa. 4007: 437–439.