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Issue: Vol. 64 No. 1: 7 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-07
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.64.1.2
Page range: 13-18
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of the subgenus Coptoderinella Hansen, 1968 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae, Coptodera) from Cameroon

Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Coleoptera Carabidae Coptodera Coptoderinella taxonomy

Abstract

During the revision of the genus Coptodera Dejean, 1825, a new species from West Africa, belonging to the previously considered monotypic subgenus Coptoderinella Hansen, 1968 was discovered. The description of Coptodera (Coptoderinella) martinui sp. nov. and a redefined diagnosis of the subgenus are given in this work.

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