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Issue: Vol. 3626 No. 3: 14 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.3.2
Page range: 326–344
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 5

Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 2. Pachycyphon, a new genus of presumably terrestrial Australian Scirtidae

Schwarzer Stock 9, D-36110 Schlitz, Germany
Coleoptera taxonomy new genus new species morphology winglessness fossorial ovipositors terrestrial larvae

Abstract

The genus Pachycyphon is erected for marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from tropical rainforests in Queensland, Australia. The following species are included: P. corpulentus sp. n., P. crassus sp. n., P. elegans sp. n., P. funicularis sp. n., P. gravis sp. n., P. monteithi sp. n., P. obesus sp. n., P. pinguis sp. n., P. serratus sp. n., P. turgidus sp. n. (the type species). Females are wingless and have fossorial ovipositors, a terrestrial larval life is therefore hypothesized. Pachycyphon is compared with other genera, especially probable relatives from temperate rainforests in southeasternAustralia.

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