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Published: 2012-10-15
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First record of the tribe Eugnomini Lacordaire, 1863 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Fiji with description of Pactola fiji sp. n.

Department of Biosystematics, Centre for Biodiversity Studies, University of Opole, Oleska 22, PL-45052 Opole, Poland
Coleoptera Curculionidae Pactola distribution new species Fiji Islands

Abstract

Pactola fiji sp. n. is the first species from the tribe Eugnomini described from the Fiji Archipelago. A description, with illustrations and data about the general distribution of the genus, are provided. The genus Pactola Pascoe, 1876 now contains eleven species distributed on New Zealand, New Caledonia and Taevuni Island (Fiji Archipelago).

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