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Issue: Vol. 5020 No. 2: 12 Aug. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.2.8
Page range: 367-383
Abstract views: 436
PDF downloaded: 33

Review of the genus Merarius Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Anthribidae), with description of two new species from China

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Ecology, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. 2Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem, Natural History Department, Masarykova 1000/3, CZ-400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Anthribinae taxonomy new species male and female genitalia key to species distribution Oriental region Palaearctic region species discovery

Abstract

The genus Merarius (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Tropiderini) from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions is reviewed. Two new species, M. alexandrae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. and M. korinae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov., from China are described. Male and female genitalia of M. korinae are studied and illustrated. A key to the now five known species of the genus, colour photographs and new data on distributions are provided.

 

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