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Issue: Vol. 4568 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.7
Page range: 533–547
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Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Omineus Lewis, 1895 in Taiwan, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Mycteridae, Eurypinae)

Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130 USA.
Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea palm and flower beetles taxonomy new species key to species Taiwan Asia

Abstract

The fauna of Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 in Taiwan is small, with only two documented species. In the present paper, two new species of Omineus Lewis, 1895 are described: O. taiwanensis sp. nov. and O. chuangae sp. nov., highlighting the potential diversity of this family in Taiwan. New species descriptions are supplemented with photographs and illustrations of habitus and salient structures of both sexes. A key for the identification of Omineus species in Taiwan is provided.

 

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