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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 2: 4 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.5
Page range: 291-304
Abstract views: 72
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Two new species of Diastatotropis Lacordaire from protected areas in central and east Madagascar (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)

Mendel University in Brno; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology; Department of Forest Ecology; Zemědělská 3; CZ-613 00 Brno; Czech Republic.; Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem; Natural History Department; Masarykova 1000/3; CZ-400 01 Ústí nad Labem; Czech Republic
Regional Museum and Gallery in Česká Lípa; square Osvobození 297; CZ-470 01 Česká Lípa; Czech Republic.; Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration; Research and Nature Conservation Department; Pražská 52; CZ-407 46 Krásná Lípa; Czech Republic
Madagascar Biodiversity Center; BP 6257; Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza; Antananarivo; Madagascar. Département d’Entomologie-Cultures; Elevage et Santé; Faculté des Sciences; BP 906; Université d’Antananarivo; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Coleoptera Anthribinae taxonomy species discovery ecological notes Ambohitantely Ranomafana

Abstract

Two new species, Diastatotropis lusti Trýzna, Blažej & Rakotonirina sp. nov. and Diastatotropis petulae Trýzna, Blažej & Rakotonirina sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: incertae sedis), from Madagascar are described, including colour habitus photographs, drawings of male and female genitalia, ecological notes and photographs of the habitat.

 

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