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Issue: Vol. 2529 No. 1: 7 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2529.1.3
Page range: 55-64
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 4

Notes concerning the genus Metataenia Théry, 1923 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Chrysochroina) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species and designation of a lectotype

Åsvägen 15, 818 33 Valbo, Sweden
Coleoptera Taxonomy new species Buprestidae Chrysochroina Metataenia Oriental region

Abstract

Metataenia hauseri Obenberger, 1928 is redescribed from specimens from Popondetta in eastern Papua New Guinea and compared with M. loriae Kerremans, 1895. Metataenia hudsoni sp. nov. is described from Misima Island in the Louisiade Archipelago of southeastern Papua New Guinea and compared with M. capitata Kerremans, 1903 from Rossel Island. Metataenia rothschildi Théry, 1923 is redescribed from the second known specimen. A lectotype is designated for M. capitata.

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