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Issue: Vol. 1625 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1625.1.3
Page range: 43–46
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 17

A new species of Calochromus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji

Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173020, Bozeman, MT 59717-3020, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Lycidae Calochrominae Calochromus new species Fiji

Abstract

Calochromus samuelsoni sp. nov. is described from Viti Levu, Fiji. Photographs of its habitus, antenna and aedeagus are presented. This new species represents the first record of the genus Calochromus and the subfamily Calochrominae (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji.

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