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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 3: 27 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.3.5
Page range: 294-300
Abstract views: 190
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New species of Carpophilus Stephens from Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae)

Zoological Survey of India; ‘M’ Block; New Alipore; Kolkata-700053; INDIA
Coleoptera Sap beetle Systematics Carpophilinae Key Northeast India Oriental region

Abstract

Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) dhritibanerjeeae Dasgupta sp. nov. is described from Eastern Arunachal Pradesh in Northeastern India. The species is compared with the related species and illustrated. A key to the species of Carpophilus from Northeast India is appended.

 

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