Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Marcuzzi, G.: New species of Cyrtosoma Perty, 1830 and Sycophantes Kirsch, 1866 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 98 Budapest, 2006 pp. 133-145. New species of Cyrtosoma Perty, 1830 and Sycophantes Kirsch, 1866 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) G. MARCUZZI Università degli Sludi di Padova, Dipartimento di Biológia Via U. Bassi, 58/B, 1-35131 Padova, Italy Abstract - Eight species of Cyrtosoma PERTY, 1830 and four species of Sycophantes KIRSCH, 1866 are described: Cyrtosoma cearense sp. n. (Brazil), Cyrtosoma elvirae sp. n. (Colombia), Cyrtosoma espiritosantoi sp. n. (Brazil), Cyrtosoma Judith sp. n. (Colombia), Cyrtosoma mathanense sp. n. (Brazil), Cyrtosoma novagranadae sp. n. (Colombia), Cyrtosoma patinoi sp. n. (Colombia), Cyrtosoma iiruguayanum sp. n. (Uruguay), Sycophantes bolivianus sp. n. (Bolivia), Sycophantes brasilianus sp. n. (Brasil), Sycophantes trinitatis sp. n. (Trinidad), Sycophantes venezuelanus sp. n. (Venezuela). With 12 figures. Key words - Cyrtosoma, Sycophantes, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela, new species. INTRODUCTION This paper is based on some unnamed specimens of Cyrtosoma PERTY, 1830 and Sycophantes KIRSCH, 1866 housed in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM). The new species come from highly isolated localities and regions of Columbia, Brasil and Uruguay, and may give us a clearer idea about the geographical distribution of these interesting tenebrionid genera. Unfortunately the species of Cyrtosoma and Sycophantes are very rare. A number of descriptions are based on single specimens or on a male and a female, and rarely mention more than one locality - sometimes only regions such as "Colombia" or "Amazons" are stated. In one of the papers of the author (MARCUZZI 1991) among 16 new species of Cyrtosoma very few were described from more than one specimen. It is difficult to explain the apparent rarity of these species in nature.