Taxonomic status of Parapraocis, a new genus of Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from Peru

Abstract

Estatus taxonómico de Parapraocis, un nuevo género de Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) de Perú RESUMEN. Se describe el nuevo género Parapraocis (Pimeliinae: Praociini) para ubicar tres especies de la costa norte del Perú previamente incluidas en el género Praocis Eschscholtz: Parapraocis vagecostata (Fairmaire, 1902) n. comb. (especie tipo), Parapraocis rossi (Kulzer, 1958) n. comb. y Parapraocis fumaria (Kulzer, 1966) n. comb. Se presentan el diagnóstico, la descripción e ilustraciones de la morfología externa, genitalia masculina y femenina, y fotografías de habitus para dos de sus especies. También se incluye una discusión sobre la designación de este nuevo género, así como homologías en la morfología de los genitales femeninos de Praociini.

Revision of the subgenus Mesopraocis Flores & Pizarro-Araya of the Neotropical genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae)

“…Terminology of female genitalia and the ratio paraproct/coxite length (P/C) are those proposed by Tschinkel and Doyen (1980) and Doyen (1994). Following the suggestion of Kamiński et al (2020) to assess homologies in the morphology of female genitalia, we used characters from a recent study of another genus of Praociini, Parapraocis Flores & Giraldo (Flores and Giraldo 2020).…”

“…Praocis Eschscholtz is the type genus of the Praociini, an endemic Neotropical tribe of Pimeliinae with 149 species/subspecies arranged in 15 genera (Flores and Pizarro-Araya 2012;Flores and Giraldo 2020). Praocis is the most species-rich genus of the tribe (56% of the species) with 77 species and 8 subspecies arranged in nine subgenera (Flores and Pizarro-Araya 2014).…”

State of knowledge of the Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Colombia based on bibliographic revision

“…Higher species numbers in some Neotropical countries can be attributed to the presence of specialized researchers in those countries. For instance, Gustavo E. Flores and Germán Cheli in Argentina, Sergio Aloquio in Brazil, Pedro Vidal, Marcelo Guerrero, Álvaro Zúñiga-Reinoso (among others) in Chile, and Alfredo E. Giraldo in Peru, have con-tributed to the knowledge of the darkling beetles of those countries in recent years (Flores 2000, Carrara et al 2011, Aballay et al 2016, Giraldo and Flores 2016, Aloquio and Lopes-A 2017, Aloquio et al 2019, Giraldo-M and Flores 2019, Flores and Giraldo 2020, Guerrero et al 2022.…”

Taxonomic revision of the Peruvian genus Pilobaloderes Kulzer, 1958 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae, Praociini)

“…Praociini is a Neotropical tribe of pimeliine tenebrionids with 149 species arranged in 15 genera endemic to arid and semiarid environments of southern South America (Flores & Pizarro-Araya 2014, Flores & Giraldo 2020. In Peru, Praociini is represented by the following genera: Parapraocis Flores & Giraldo, Pilobaloderes Kulzer, Platyholmus Solier, Praocidia Fairmaire and Praocis Eschscholtz (Giraldo & Flores 2016).…”