Nealcidion cephaliferum Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2022

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Nealcidion cephaliferum Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2022: 542; Monné, 2023: 139 (cat.).

Remarks. Nealcidion Monné, 1977 has 62 known species, distributed from Mexico to southern South America (Monné 2023; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023). Herein we are recording a second species recently described from South America, N. cephaliferum Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2022 for Panama.

Nealcidion cephaliferum was described based on male and female from Ecuador (Bezark 2024b; Monné 2024; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023). The specimens examined allow expanding the geographical distribution of the species to southern Central America.

Material examined. PANAMA (new country record), Ngäbe-Buglé: Palo Seco Forest, 8.78°N 82.21°W, 6- 10.IX.2021, B.T. Raber leg. (DHCO) . Panama Oeste: Howard area, 8.9°N 79.59°W, 26.VIII.2021, B.T. Raber leg. (DHCO) .