New species of Strongylium W. Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae) from the Indo-Australian faunal transition zone

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Dmitry Telnov
Kimio Masumoto


Keywords : Taxonomy, darkling beetles, Wallacea
Abstract

In the present paper, the following six new species of the genus Strongylium s. str. W. Kirby, 1819 from Wallacea are described and illustrated: S. bidens sp. nov., S. callainum sp. nov., S. gawu sp. nov., S. napolovi sp. nov., S. rufocaeruleum sp. nov., and S. suwawa sp. nov.

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Dmitry Telnov, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, United Kingdom; Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia; Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV-1004 Rīga, Latvia

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, United Kingdom; Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV-5401 Daugavpils, Latvia; Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV-1004 Rīga, Latvia

Kimio Masumoto , 4 Higashi-Ikebukuro, 2-13-7-502, Toshima City, 170-0013 Tokyo, Japan

4 Higashi-Ikebukuro, 2-13-7-502, Toshima City, 170-0013 Tokyo, Japan

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