Check List 16(6): 1469-1473, doi: 10.15560/16.6.1469

First report of the genus Cladotoma Westwood, 1837 (Coleoptera, Ptilodactylidae, Cladotominae) in Mexico

Sara López-Pérez^‡§, Martín L. Zurita-García^|, Daniel E. Domínguez-León^¶, Mireya González-Ramírez^|, Viridiana Vega-Badillo^|, Paulina Cifuentes-Ruiz^#, Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón^‡

‡ FES Zaragoza, UNAM, CDMX, Mexico§ FES Zaragoza, UNAM, México City. Mexico, Mexico| IB UNAM, CDMX, Mexico¶ UNAM, CDMX, Mexico# Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F., Mexico

Corresponding author: Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón ( geo20araa@yahoo.com.mx )

Academic editor: Bruno Clarkson

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Citation: López-Pérez S, Zurita-García ML, Domínguez-León DE, González-Ramírez M, Vega-Badillo V, Cifuentes-Ruiz P, Rodríguez-Mirón GM (2020) First report of the genus Cladotoma Westwood, 1837 (Coleoptera, Ptilodactylidae, Cladotominae) in Mexico. Check List 16(6): 1469-1473. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1469

Abstract

The genus Cladotoma Westwood, 1837 (Ptilodactylidae) has seven species distributed in Argentina, Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Panama. Cladotoma ovalis Westwood, 1837 is record for the first time in Mexico, in the states of Jalisco and Chiapas. Illustrations, distribution map and a diagnosis for the genus and for C. ovalis are herein presented. A checklist of Ptilodactylidae species in Mexico and an identification key for Mexican genera is also presented.

Keywords

Byrroidea, checklist, identification key, Neotropics, toe-winged beetles