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Issue: Vol. 2331 No. 1: 8 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-08
Page range: 35–56
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A revision of the New Zealand click beetle genus Amychus Pascoe 1876 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Denticollinae): with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands

Entomology Research Museum, Ecology Department, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand
Insect Research Collection, Box 2207A, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, U. S. A.
Coleoptera Amychus candezei Amychus granulatus Amychus manawatawhi new species lectotype redescription larval description pupal description distribution biology conservation

Abstract

The New Zealand endemic click beetle genus Amychus Pascoe (Elateridae: Denticollinae: Ctenicerini) is revised. Three species are recognised: A. candezei Pascoe, A. granulatus (Broun) and A. manawatawhi, sp. nov. All species are described or redescribed from the adults. The larva of each species and the pupa of A. candezei are described for the first time. Lectotypes are designated for A. candezei Pascoe and A. granulatus (Broun). Keys to species for adults and larvae are given. The phylogenetic placement of the genus, biology and conservation of the species are discussed.

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