Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada, 2025

Tello, Francisco & Tello-Arriagada, Cristobal, 2025, Aextoxicola pilolcurensis, a new genus and species of false skin beetles (Coleoptera, Biphyllidae) from the Chilean Valdivian rainforest, ZooKeys 1254, pp. 347-354 : 347-354

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1254.161754
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0165FF49-18C1-4261-956A-0E5BDD8CE4F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295950
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E7B6EA06-0EBC-5DB8-9B5E-D15B6511B6FA
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada sp. nov.

Figs 1 A – C View Figure 1 , 2 A – H View Figure 2

Type material.

Holotype • male, Chile, Los Ríos region, Valdivia province, Pilolcura – Punta Chungungo location , 15.III.2024, leg. F. Tello. Coordinates: 39°39'35.7"S, 73°21'40.1"W. Pitfall trap; deposited at collection of Francisco Tello available in Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile GoogleMaps . Paratype ♀ ( n = 1), same data as holotype. Dissected for morphological analysis GoogleMaps .

Etymology.

The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Pilolcura, the name of the type locality.

Description.

See genus description.

Distribution.

Known only from Punta Chungungo, Pilolcura, Los Ríos region, Chile.