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Issue: Vol. 1912 No. 1: 22 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1912.1.3
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 5

Three new species of the Old World Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Coleoptera Taxonomy Oedemeridae Ditylus Chrysanthia Colobostomus Indasclera new species new record Palearctic region Oriental region Afrotropical region

Abstract

New species of the family Oedemeridae are described and illustrated: Ditylus catenulatus sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), Chrysanthia kantneri sp. nov. (India: Maharasthra) and Colobostomus kenyaensis sp. nov. (Kenya). The male of Indasclera akiyamai Švihla, 1997 is described and illustrated and this species is newly recorded from Laos.

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