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Issue: Vol. 5104 No. 3: 28 Feb. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.4
Page range: 426-432
Abstract views: 393
PDF downloaded: 25

A new species of the genus Malaia Heller, 1892 (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia

Japan Wildlife Research Center, 3-3-7 Kotobashi, Tokyo, 130-8606 Japan.
School of Science and Engineering, Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506 Japan.
Coleoptera taxonomy Popilliina subgenus Malaia

Abstract

New species of the genus Malaia Heller, 1892 (subgenus Malaia) found in Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, named M. (M.) medea Kaneko & Wada, new species, is described. This species is similar to M. (M.) simulatrix Heller, 1892 but is readily distinguished by several characters.

 

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