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Issue: Vol. 1252 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1252.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 5

A new flightless trechodine genus and species from the South African Cape region (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechitae)

Hinter der Kapelle 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Coleoptera Trechitae Trechodinae Trechodini South Africa Cape region new genus new species

Abstract

Scaurotrechodes capensis gen.nov., sp.nov. is described from the Cape province. It is the first endemic flightless representative of the tribe Trechodini from southern Africa.

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