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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-06
Page range: 553–565
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Notes on the genus Echinoaesalus Zelenka, 1993 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with the description of a new species from the Malay Peninsula

503, Unit 1, #1 Dongtinghu Road, Qingdao, P.R. China.
Natural History Museum, Zoology Department, University of Florence, via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy.
Technical Center, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, P.R. China.
Coleoptera Lucanidae Aesalini Echinoaesalus new species new status Malaysia Borneo

Abstract

Echinoaesalus cechovskyi new species is described from the Malay Peninsula. Echinoaesalus hidakai borneoensis Huang & Imura, 2011 is elevated to the species level as E. borneoensis new status. The male or female genitalia of Echinoaesalus timidus (Krikken, 1975), E. hidakai (Araya, Kon, & Johki, 1993), E. borneoensis, and E. sabahensis Zelenka, 1994 are described and illustrated for the first time. The intraspecific variation of E. timidus is discussed.