Rediscovery of Lytta corallifera (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in central Mexico

Mario García-París; Pilar Pavón-Gozalo; Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos; Rafael Torres-Colín; Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón

doi:10.7550/rmb.34127

Rediscovery of Lytta corallifera (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in central Mexico

Authors

Mario García-París
Pilar Pavón-Gozalo
Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos
Rafael Torres-Colín
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.34127

Abstract

A population of Lytta corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880 (Coleoptera: Meloidae), one of the less-studied
and rarest species of its genus, was discovered near Charco Blanco, in the Guadalcázar Biological Preservation Area
in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The rarity of L. corallifera and its apparent sensitivity to changes in its habitat make the
above region an important location for the survival of the species.