El género Bradycellus Erichson, 1837 en los Andes de Ecuador (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
Résumé
Four species of Bradycellus Erichson, 1837 have been found in the Andes of Ecuador, three of which are described as new: B. aequatorius n. sp., B. martinezi n. sp. and B. youngi n. sp.. They all belong to a South American group of species, diagnosed herein as the group of Bradycellus celeripes Putzeys, 1878. The main distinctive trait of this group is the absence of sexual secondary characters in the protarsi and abdominal sternites of the male.
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