A review and morphological study of Lobetus Kiesenwetter, 1852 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

G Biffi - Annales Zoologici, 2020 - BioOne
The genus Lobetus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) is currently weakly defined and distinguished
from Pseudolobetus by various combinations of secondary sexual characters of males, like …

Morphology of bromeliad-associated immature stages of Daiphron bipartitus and its adults confirms the non-monophyly of the genus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

G Biffi, SP Rosa - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 2019 - biotaxa.org
Daiphron bipartitus Pic, 1934 is a poorly known species whose systematic position in the
subfamily Chaulioganthinae is still controversial. In this paper we describe immature stages …

Taxonomic revision of Psilorrhynchus Gemminger & Harold, 1869, the neglected replacement name for Psilorhynchus Blanchard, 1844 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

G Biffi - Annales de la Société entomologique de France (NS), 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Summary Psilorrhynchus Gemminger & Harold, 1869, is revised. The name Psilorrhynchus
is reaffirmed as a replacement name for Psilorhynchus Blanchard, 1844, junior homonym of …

Taxonomic revision of Microdaiphron Pic, 1926 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Chauliognathinae)

G Biffi - Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2020 - brill.com
The genus Microdaiphron is revised. Ten species are recognized as valid: Microdaiphron
polemioides, M. implicitus (Erichson, 1847) comb. nov., M. pauloensis, M. peruvianus, M …

Rediscovery of Malthesis ater Motschulsky, 1853 and a catalog of the genus Malthesis Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

G Biffi - Caldasia, 2023 - JSTOR
Malthesis is a Cantharidae genus with a history of ambiguous systematic placement, being
sometimes classified within Malthininae and currently placed in Chauliognathinae …

A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

G Biffi, M Geiser - European journal of taxonomy, 2022 - europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) was thought to be a common species widely
distributed in the Atlantic Forests of Brazil, yet showing morphological and chromatic …

Capítulo 31: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

SA Casari, G Biffi, S Ide - Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e …, 2024 - repositorio.inpa.gov.br
Os membros da Ordem Coleoptera são conhecidos popularmente como besouros.
Diferentes famílias são conhecidas por nomes populares particulares para cada região …