New species of Nilio (Nilio) Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Nilioninae) from South America

Authors

  • Bruna Pasqualinoto Macari Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. , Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1798-351X (unauthenticated)
  • Daniel Silva Basílio Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. , Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3556-5880 (unauthenticated)
  • Lucia Massutti de Almeida Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. , Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera. Cuiabá, MT, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-711X (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.025

Keywords:

Darkling beetles, False ladybirds, Neotropical region, Taxonomy

Abstract

Nilio Latreille (Tenebrionidae: Nilioninae) previously comprised 42 species distributed across three subgenera: N. (Nilio) Latreille (with 34 species), N. (Micronilio) Pic and N. (Linio) Bouchard & Bousquet (each containing four species). Based on examination of type material of 30 Nilio (Nilio) species and other 462 specimens from national and international collections, this study describes five new species: N. (N.) domingosi Macari & Almeida sp. nov., N. (N.) monnei Macari & Almeida sp. nov., N. (N.) mukambu Macari & Almeida sp. nov., N. (N.) pachamama Macari & Almeida sp. nov. and N. (N.) panicaseus Macari & Almeida sp. nov. This study brings the total number of Nilio extant species to 47, with 39 now assigned to N. (Nilio).

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2026-06-01

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Macari, B. P., Basílio, D. S., & Almeida, L. M. de. (2026). New species of Nilio (Nilio) Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Nilioninae) from South America. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 66(special 1), e202666si1025. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.025