Description of a new Moroccan Pachydema Laporte, 1832 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini)

Guy Chavanon; Alexandre François

doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.5

Issue: Vol. 3 No. 5 (2015)

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-11

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.5

Page range: 1-9

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Description of a new Moroccan Pachydema Laporte, 1832 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini)

Guy Chavanon⁺⁻
Alexandre François⁺⁻

Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, B.P. 717, MA. 60000 Oujda, MAROC

Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation

Coleoptera Melolonthinae Tanyproctini Pachydema new species description Morocco key.

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The authors describe Pachydema hingrati sp. nov. from eastern Morocco. This new species is closely related to other Moroccan species: Pachydema curvipedes Escalera, 1914, described from Oujda, and Pachydema renaudi Chavanon & François, 2014 described from Missour. An update of the key by Baraud (1985) to the males of the Moroccan Pachydema group I (Pachydema s. str. sensu Baraud 1985) is included.