Additions to the checkered beetle fauna of Belize with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Cleridae) and a nomenclatural change
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New information on the distribution and ecology of Cleridae in Belize, Central America is presented. Enoclerus (E.) gumae, new species, is described from Cayo District, Belize and Cymatodera pallidipennis Chevrolat 1843 is placed as a junior synonym of C. prolixa (Klug 1842).
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