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Published October 8, 2025 | Version v1
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Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada 2025, sp. nov.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Departamento de Química y Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile
  • 2. Programa de Magíster en Ecología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Description

Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada sp. nov.

Figs 1 A – C, 2 A – H

Type material.

Holotype • male, Chile, Los Ríos region, Valdivia province, Pilolcura – Punta Chungungo location, 15.III.2024, leg. F. Tello. Coordinates: 39°39'35.7"S, 73°21'40.1"W. Pitfall trap; deposited at collection of Francisco Tello available in Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile. Paratype ♀ (n = 1), same data as holotype. Dissected for morphological analysis.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Pilolcura, the name of the type locality.

Description.

See genus description.

Distribution.

Known only from Punta Chungungo, Pilolcura, Los Ríos region, Chile.

Notes

Published as part of Tello, Francisco & Tello-Arriagada, Cristobal, 2025, Aextoxicola pilolcurensis, a new genus and species of false skin beetles (Coleoptera, Biphyllidae) from the Chilean Valdivian rainforest, pp. 347-354 in ZooKeys 1254 on pages 347-354, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.161754

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7B6EA060EBC5DB89B5ED15B6511B6FA

Cites
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.161754.figure1 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1433265 (URL)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.161754.figure2 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1433266 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.161754 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/DEBEB5EF1CF05657A90473DB139E1BF3 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/0165FF49-18C1-4261-956A-0E5BDD8CE4F6 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/E7B6EA060EBC5DB89B5ED15B6511B6FA (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/302824663 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/312542/taxon/E7B6EA060EBC5DB89B5ED15B6511B6FA.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Event date
2024-03-15
Verbatim event date
2024-03-15
Scientific name authorship
Tello & Tello-Arriagada
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Biphyllidae
Genus
Aextoxicola
Species
pilolcurensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada, 2025