The first Amarygmus Dalman, 1823 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae) from Eastern Guadalcanal, Solomon Archipelago

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Dmitry Telnov


Keywords : Amarygmini, taxonomy, Papuan Region
Abstract

In the present paper, Amarygmus marau sp. nov., a new darkling beetle species from the subfamily Tenebrioninae Latreille, 1802 is described and illustrated. This is the first record of Amarygmini Gistel, 1848 and its most speciose genus Amarygmus Dalman, 1823 from the eastern part of Guadalcanal, one of the main islands in the Solomon Archipelago.

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Dmitry Telnov, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Latvia Institute of Biology, University of Latvia

Dmitry Telnov. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5 BD 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; e-mail: anthicus@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-0089

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