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Issue: Vol. 5264 No. 1: 12 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.9
Page range: 129-136
Abstract views: 191
PDF downloaded: 19

The occurrence of the genus Calydus Reitter, 1896 (Coleoptera, Meloidae) in Afghanistan with the description of a new species

Institute of Zoology RK; 93 Al-Farabi Str.; 050060; Almaty; Kazakhstan.
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration named after G.M. Vysotsky; Pushkinska str. 86; 61024; Kharkiv.
Coleoptera Central Asia Hindu Kush Afghanistan Bande-Amir new species taxonomy

Abstract

Calydus yaroslavi new species is described from Central Afghanistan, Bamian Province, Bande-Amir National Park. The genus Calydus Reitter, 1896 is recorded for Afghanistan for the first time.

 

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