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Issue: Vol. 3193 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3193.1.3
Page range: 53–61
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 7

Plectrosternus Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae); genus new to northern Western Ghats, India with a description of one new species

Department of Zoology, K.J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Vidyavihar, Mumbai 400077. Maharashtra, India
Department of Zoology, B. N. Bandodkar College of Science, Thane 400601. Maharashtra, India
Coleoptera Taxonomy Elateridae Denticollinae Maharashtra State India foveae

Abstract

A new species Plectrosternus foveatus sp.nov. is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from northern Western Ghats (Type locality: Yeoor, Thane, Maharashtra, India) and the third species from India.

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