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Issue: Vol. 4137 No. 4: 13 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.7
Page range: 553–560
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Microcosmodes Strand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaenini) from Oman and Iran 

Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Department of Plant Protection College of Agriculture, University of Razi P. O. Box 6715685438 Kermanshah-Iran.
Coleoptera Carabidae Microcosmodes new species Iran Oman

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Microcosmodes Strand, M. arabicus from Oman and M. persicus from Iran, are described, compared with related taxa, and their affinities are discussed. The species are very similar and belong to the same species group.

 

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