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Issue: Vol. 3936 No. 2: 19 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.7
Page range: 272–280
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

Notes on Australian Laius Guérin-Méneville, Dicranolaius Champion and Intybia Pascoe with description of new species related to Dicranolaius c-purpureus (Lea) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Malachiinae)

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Coleoptera Melyridae Malachiinae Laius Dicranolaius Intybia Australia taxonomy new species

Abstract

Remarks on Laius Guérin-Méneville and Dicranolaius Champion are provided. Laius falcifer Champion, 1921 is designated as the type species of Dicranolaius Champion, 1921. Dicranolaius bellulus is attributed to Boisduval (1835) not to Guérin-Méneville (1830). Dicranolaius c-purpureus (Lea) is redescribed and two closely related new species are described: D. weiri sp. n., and D. similis sp. n. Intybia Pascoe, 1866 is recorded from Australia for the first time and Laius filamentarius Lea, 1917 is regarded as member of Intybia comb. n..