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Issue: Vol. 4323 No. 2: 21 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.10
Page range: 269–276
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PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of the Hypnoidini Schwarz, 1906 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Afghanistan

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/12, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
Coleoptera Elateridae Hypnoidini Hypnoidus Ligmargus new species new records Palaearctic region Afghanistan click beetles

Abstract

Two new species of the tribe Hypnoidini Schwarz, 1906 are described from Afghanistan: Hypnoidus afghanus sp. nov. and Ligmargus kabakovi sp. nov. The genera Hypnoidus Dillwyn, 1829 and Ligmargus Stibick, 1976 as well as the tribe Hypnoidini are recorded for the first time in Afghanistan.

 

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