A new species of the genus Homalocerus Schoenherr, 1839 (Coleoptera: Belidae) from south-eastern Brazil

Abstract

A new species, Homalocerus vanini sp. n., of the subtribe Homalocerina (Belini, Belinae) is described and illustrated from the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species is similar to Homalocerus flavicornis Vanin, 1976 but differs in a thinner and more strongly curved rostrum, a pronotum with narrow lateral stripes of hairs and without a central spot, apices of the base of the elytra without spots of hairs, and larger body size.