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Issue: Vol. 4555 No. 3: 14 Feb. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.13
Page range: 441–450
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 3

New species of Ischalia Pascoe, 1860 (Coleoptera: Ischaliidae), with a key to aposematically coloured species from continental Asia, and new notes on their mimicry

Insect Centre, Donetskaya Str. 13-326, 109651, Moscow, Russia
Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom & Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera iela 3, LV-2169, Salaspils, Latvia. (ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-0089)
Coleoptera Ischaliidae descriptions Asia key mimicry

Abstract

Three new species of false fire-coloured beetles, namely Ischalia (s. str.) ancora, I. (s. str.) holzschuhi, and I. (s. str.) laosensis spp. n., are described from Laos and Vietnam. Ischalia (s. str.) martensi Paulus, 1971 is redescribed from the type and additional material. Male genitalia are for the first time illustrated in I. (Eupleurida) sichuanensis Young, 2008. A key to aposematically coloured species from the Asian continent is presented for the first time. Their mimicry association is further investigated and a new case involving Anthicidae is reported.

 

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