Barra Jordan, 1904

Vilhena, Poliana De Mesquita, Lopes, Marcela Paes De Azevedo Machado & Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras, 2025, Synopsis of Barra Jordan, 1904 (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) with description of a new species from Brazil with an updated key to the genus, Zootaxa 5575 (4), pp. 563-570 : 564

Genus Barra Jordan, 1904

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Barra Jordan, 1904: 274 . Bovie 1906: 278 (catalogue); Wolfrum 1929: 65 (catalogue); Blackwelder 1947: 769 (catalogue); Valentine, 1999: 271 (review); Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999: 32 (catalogue); Rheinheimer 2004: 70 (catalogue); Trýzna et al. 2022: 253 (review).

Type species: Barra gounellei Jordan, 1904 (by monotypy).

Recognition. Rostrum short, wider than long, flat, indistinctly emarginate at apex, not carinate, with only shallow depression before eyes. Mandibles more or less bent along the entire length, or along a substantial part, obtuse at apex. Antennal scrobes lateral, upper edge cariniform. Eyes dorso-lateral, weekly oval, coarsely granulate, only indistinctly emarginate or truncate in anterior part. Frons more or less flattened. Prothorax always wider than long, conical, from dorsal transverse carina narrowed anteriorly, disc of pronotum either moderately convex or impressed. Dorsal transverse carina sub-basal to basal ( B. baruskae ) or antebasal ( B. gounellei , B. salamandrina ) always complete, distinct. Lateral carinae of pronotum present, reaching maximally to half of length of pronotum, or shorter. Basal longitudinal carinulae present (adapted from Trýzna et al. 2022).

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Barra tocantinensis sp. nov., holotype male from Palmas; 1, habitus in dorsal view; 2, habitus in ventral view; 3, habitus in lateral view. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 4–6. Barra tocantinensis sp. nov., holotype male from Palmas; 4, head in dorsal view; 5, right antennae in dorsal view; 6, pygidium in dorsal view. Scale bars 4: 0.5 mm; 5–6: 0.25 mm.