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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 2: 25 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.8
Page range: 275-282
Abstract views: 255
PDF downloaded: 18

Platytomus pittinoi Minkina & Byk, a new species of Psammodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Greece

os. Polana Szaflarska 4/39; 34-400 Nowy Targ; Poland
Department of Forest Protection; Institute of Forest Sciences; Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW; Nowoursynowska 159/34; 02-776 Warszawa; Poland
Południowa 14; 29-100 Włoszczowa; Poland
Prosta 290 D/2; 25-385 Kielce; Poland
Department of Forest Protection; Institute of Forest Sciences; Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW; Nowoursynowska 159/34; 02-776 Warszawa; Poland
Coleoptera taxonomy new species Europe ColeopteraAphodiinae Psammodiini

Abstract

Platytomus pittinoi Minkina & Byk, a new species of Psammodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Greece is described and illustrated. Newly described species is compared to the morphologically most similar species Platytomus laevistriatus (Perris, 1870).

 

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