Notes on the genus Apomecyna Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of two new species from Pakistan

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Dec 24, 2024
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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024)
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Zubair Ahmed
Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology Karachi, Pakistan
Arvīds Barševskis
Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia; Coleoptera Research Center, Institute for Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, 8000, Philippines

Keywords : Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, new species, distribution, Pakistan.
Abstract

Four species of the genus Apomecyna Dejean are revised from Pakistan. All these species are (re-) described and illustrated: A. balochicus sp. nov. Ahmed & Barševskis, 2023, A. fallaciosa Breuning, 1938, A. minor sp. nov. Ahmed & Barševskis and A. saltator Fabricius, 1781 Key to the species and the distribution map are also provided.

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Zubair Ahmed, Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology Karachi, Pakistan

Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology Karachi, Pakistan

Arvīds Barševskis, Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia; Coleoptera Research Center, Institute for Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, 8000, Philippines

Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia;

Coleoptera Research Center, Institute for Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, 8000, Philippines

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