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Rifkind, J. 2020. Two new species of Cymatodera Gray (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from the United States and Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(4), 647-651.

Two new species of Cymatodera Gray (Cleridae) are described:

Cymatodera eremicola Rifkind, new species from California, USA and Baja California, Mexico; and

Cymatodera perpera Rifkind, new species from Arizona, USA.

Cymatodera torosa Wolcott, 1910 (new synonym) and Cymatodera soror Wolcott, 1910 (new synonym) are designated as junior synonyms of Cymatodera antennata Schaeffer, 1908.

KEYWORDS:

Cleroidea, Tillinae, biodiversity, desert fauna