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Issue: Vol. 1481 No. 1: 24 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1481.1.5
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 3

Geoparnus rhinoceros sp. nov., a new edaphic dryopid with unusual sexual dimorphism (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-84215, Bratislava, Slovakia
Naturhistorisches Museum, 2. Zoologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Österreich
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84506, Bratislava, Slovakia
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84506, Bratislava, Slovakia
Coleoptera Dryopidae Geoparnus new species sexual dimorphism Borneo Sarawak Malaysia

Abstract

Adults of Geoparnus rhinoceros sp. nov. (Dryopidae) are described from Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia). The male of the new species possesses a distinct horn-like process on the clypeus, a character, which has so far not been reported from Dryopidae. The type material was collected in primary rain forest by sifting forest floor debris. Analysis of variance of metric characters was performed.

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