Hypocaccus (s.l.) hirsutus sp. nov., an atypical new species of the genus Hypocaccus C. Thomson, 1867 from India (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Saprininae)

Tomáš LACKNER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.8

Issue: Vol. 4040 No. 5: 13 Nov. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.8

Page range: 589–595

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Hypocaccus (s.l.) hirsutus sp. nov., an atypical new species of the genus
Hypocaccus C. Thomson, 1867 from India (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Saprininae)

Tomáš LACKNER⁺⁻

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic.

Coleoptera Histeridae Saprininae Hypocaccus new species south India

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Abstract

An atypical new species of Hypocaccus C. Thomson, H. hirsutus sp. nov. from south India is described and figured, but left unassigned to a subgenus. Current problems of taxonomy, morphological characters and inter-relationships of Hypocaccus subgenera are discussed and notes on the distribution of Hypocaccus C. Thomson, 1867 in India are given.