title: A new species of Paracometes Villiers, 1958 from Panama (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniinae).
abstract: Villiers (1958) described Paracometes (Cerambycidae: Disteniinae) for 11 species from Central and South America, and designated Cometes acutipennis Buquet, 1851 as its type species. Santos-Silva and Martins (2004) synonymized Paracometes with Cometes Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville, 1828. Santos-Silva and Tavakilian (2009a) reinstated Paracometes as a distinct genus and provided a new concept for the genus. According to Santos-Silva and Tavakilian (2009b), Paracometes includes six species distributed in Central and South America. The 7thspecies for this genus is now described.
authors.affiliation: 10531 Goldfield Lane, Houston, TX 77064, USA.; Email: titanusgiganteus@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heffern
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: toncriss@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D010176:Panama