title: Review of the Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae).
abstract: The Pseudomicrocara Armstrong from Argentina are reviewed. In total, seven species are present: Pseudomicrocara angusta sp. nov., P. antarctica (Fairmaire) comb. nov., P hieroglyphica sp. nov., P. inflexipenis sp. nov., P livida (Fabricius), P. obliquata (Solier) comb. nov., and P patagonica (Curtis) comb. nov. New provincial records are provided for several species. Pseudomicrocara obliquata, previously known only from Chile, is recorded from Argentina for the first time. Illustrations of habitus and genitalia as well as distributional data for all Argentinean species of Pseudomicrocara are provided.
authors.affiliation: CONICET-Laboratorio de Entomología, Departamento de Biodiversidady Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Int. Güiraldes s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina. libonatti.marialaura@gmail.com
authors.forename: María Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Libonatti
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruta
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity