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Issue: Vol. 2410 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2410.1.5
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of Podosilis geukdongensis n. sp. (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from South Korea

Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, 61, Seodun-dong, Gweonseon-gu, Suwon-si, 441-100, Korea
Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, 61, Seodun-dong, Gweonseon-gu, Suwon-si, 441-100, Korea
Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, 61, Seodun-dong, Gweonseon-gu, Suwon-si, 441-100, Korea
Coleoptera Taxonomy Cantharidae Podosilis new group new species Far East Asia Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Podosilis geukdongensis n. sp. from South Korea is described, illustrated and compared with the closely related species P. omissa (Wittmer, 1954). The P. omissa group is established and defined.

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