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Issue: Vol. 5594 No. 3: 3 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.3.2
Page range: 452-484
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Taxonomic revision of the genus Jekelius López-Colón, 1989 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in the Levant region

Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Viničná 7; CZ-128 00 Praha 2; Czechia
Kieferndamm 10; D-15566 Schöneiche bei Berlin; Germany
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Viničná 7; CZ-128 00 Praha 2; Czechia
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea Geotrupinae Thorectes taxonomy key new species lectotype designation distribution Near East Palearctic region

Abstract

The genus Jekelius López-Colón, 1989 in the Levant region is revised. Jekelius (Jekelius) bargylus Sommer, Hillert & Král, sp. nov., from Syria, Jekelius (Jekelius) impavidus Sommer, Hillert & Král, sp. nov., from Israel, Jekelius (Jekelius) luciae Sommer, Hillert & Král, sp. nov., from Jordan, and Jekelius (Jekelius) pertinax Sommer, Hillert & Král, sp. nov., from Lebanon and Syria, are described, illustrated, and compared with its congeners. Jekelius (Jekelius) syriacus (Jekel, 1866), revised status, is elevated from subspecies to the species status. Lectotype for Geotrupes (Thorectes) laevigatus var. syriacus Jekel, 1866 is designated. Distribution of all these species is summarized and mapped.

 

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