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Yábar-Landa, E., & Bustamante-Navarrete, A. A. (2025). Sandalus cuscoensis Yábar-Landa & Bustamante-Navarrete: a new species of Sandalus Knoch, 1801 (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae), and the first documented record of the family in Peru. Boletín Científico. Centro De Museos, 29(2), 203–214. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2025.29.2.10
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The Rhipiceridae family is a little-known group of beetles in the Neotropical region, with few documented records in South America. Until now, there had been no formal reports of this family in Peru, representing a significant gap in knowledge regarding the country's biodiversity. This study describes a new species, Sandalus cuscoensis Yábar-Landa y Bustamante-Navarrete (Rhipiceridae: Coleoptera), from south-eastern Peru. This constitutes the first documented record of the family in the country. Additional observations of Rhipiceridae from the citizen science platform iNaturalist are also included, and their verified data have been integrated into the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Combining taxonomic and citizen science data improves our understanding of the family's distribution and ecology in the region. Finally, the ecological and biogeographical aspects of the Rhipiceridae family in Peru are discussed, emphasising the importance of this discovery for documenting, researching and conserving the country's entomological biodiversity.
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Bouchard P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Cai, C. (2024). On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, 1194, 1-981. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt. M., Ślipiński, S.A., Smith, A.B.T. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, 88, 1-972. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
Chaboo, C. (2015). Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Part I. Overview. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 88(2), 135-139. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44577419
Craighead, F.C. (1921). Larvae of the North American beetle Sandalus niger Knoch. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 23, 44-48.
De La Fuente, T.R. (2023). Notas sobre las mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) de Chile: síntesis basada en la literatura y en la plataforma
iNaturalist. Revista chilena de Entomología, 49(1), 5-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.49.l23.02
Dodge, H.R. (1941). Observations on Sandalus niger Knoch, its egg, and first instar larva. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 34, 458-466.
Elzinga, R.J. (1977). Observations on Sandalus niger Knoch (Coleoptera: Sandalidae) with a description of the triungulin larva.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 50(3), 324-328. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25082945
Evans, A., y Steury, B. (2012). The Cicada Parasite Beetles (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) of Virginia. Banisteria, 39(1), 65-70.
Hallan, J. (2011). Rhipiceridae. Hallan´s Catalog of the Arthropods. Texas AyM University. http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Rhipiceridae.txt
Jin, Z., Escalona, H.E., Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. (2013). Phylogeny and classification of Rhipicerinae (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) with a review of the Australian taxa. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 63(2), 275-317.
Katovich, K. (2002). Rhipiceridae Latreille 1834. En R.H. Arnett Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley, y J.H. Frank (Eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 2 (pp. 92-94). CRC Press.
Lawrence, J.F. (1982). Coleoptera. En S.P. Parker (Ed.), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, Vol. 2 (482-553). McGraw-Hill, New York.
Lawrence, J.F. (2016). Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834. En J.G. Helmcke, D., Starck, H. Wermuth, R.G., Beutel, y R.A.B Leschen (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta, Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles, Vol. 1. Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). DeGruyter.
Lawrence, J.F., y Newton, A.F. (1995). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes and references, and data on family-group names). En J. Pakaluk, S.A. y Ślipiński (Eds.), Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
Lawrence, J.F., Hastings, A.M., Dallwitz, M.J., Paine, T.A., Zurcher, E.J. (1999). Beetles of the World: A Key and Information System for Families and Subfamilies. CD-ROM, Version 1.0 for MS-Windows. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM). 2019. Mapa Nacional de Ecosistemas, memoria descriptiva. Ministerio del Ambiente, Perú.
Pic. M. (1925). Pars 81: Rhipiceridae. En S. Schenkling (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus (Vol. XI). W. Junk.
Rings, R.W. (1942). External morphology of Sandalus niger Knoch (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 35(4), 411-425.
Sanborn, A.F. (2020). The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records. Zootaxa, 4785(1), 1-129. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4785.1.1
Schnepp, K.E., Powell, G.S. (2018). A new species of Sandalus Knoch (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae), with an updated key to the species of the Eastern USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(2), 241–245. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.241
Tejeda, I., y Cerpa, P. (2019). iNaturalist: ciencia ciudadana para toda nuestra biodiversidad. La Chiricoca, 24, 57-65. https://es.readkong.com/page/inaturalist-ciencia-ciudadana-para-toda-nuestra-1048414#google_vignette
Van Emden, F. I. (1924). Zweite Revision der Gattung Simianellus Emd. 1924 (17. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Sandalidae, zugleich Philippinische Sandalidae 1). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 49(4), 189–211. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEZ_49_0189-0211.pdf
Van Emden, F.I. (1927). Zur Kenntnis der Sandalidae VII. (Die Gattung Chamaerhipis Latr.). Entomologische Blätter, 23, 16-24.
Van Emden, F.I. (1930). Ueber die Gattung Polymerius R. A. Phil. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 34, 262-265. https://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1930/1/Emden_1930.pdf
Van Emden, F.I. (1931a). Die Sandaliden des Congo-Museums. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 20, 183–185.
Van Emden, F.I. (1931b). Zur Kenntnis der Sandalidae XI–XVI. Entomologische Blätter, 27, 49–59, 107–116, 145–152.
Wurst, C. (1999). Zur Taxonomie und Verbreitung ostmediterraner Rhipiceriden mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus Griechenland: Arrhaphipterus vanderwolfi n. sp. (Coleoptera, Dascilloidea, Rhipiceridae). Entomologische Blätter, 95, 73–78.
Young, F.N. (1955). Unusual abundance of Sandalus in southern Indiana. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 9(5).
Young, D.K., Katovich, K. (2002). First record of Rhipiceridae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Dascilloidea) from Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomologist, 35(1), 33-34. https://files01.core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216807204.pdf
