Abstract
Laccodytes costae sp. nov., from Brazil, is described and illustrated; the new species is the third known member of the Laccodytes apalodes species-group. New records for Brazil: Laccodytes americanus Peschet, 1919, new for the country and Laccodytes rondoniaToledo, Spangler & Balke, 2010Toledo, M.; Spangler, P.J. & Balke, M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical diving beetles genus Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa, 2347: 37-58., new for the state of Pará. A modified version of the key from Toledo, Spangler & Balke (2010Toledo, M.; Spangler, P.J. & Balke, M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical diving beetles genus Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa, 2347: 37-58.) is provided with new couplets to allow the identification of the new species as well as L. cobreinaeToledo, Megna & Alarie, 2011Toledo, M.; Megna, Y. & Alarie, Y. 2011. Description of a new species of Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae) from Cuba. Zootaxa, 2792: 63-67..
Key-Words.
Laccophilini; Key; Taxonomy; Neotropics; New species
