ENGLISH:
Philorea is a genus of
Tenebrionidae living between Peru and Chile, many on these
species are rare in the collections as found in places where
access is a problem. I have found some species near Visviri
Volcano at 5400 mts in that corner where Chile meets Peru
and Bolivia and at the coastal edge of the Atacama desert. I
am describing at present four species previously unknown.
This specimen on my hand was collected by the Chilean
Anthropologist Dr Horacio Larrain near Iquique who has
contributed tremendously to the knowledge of Northern
beetles.
