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Issue: Vol. 3342 No. 1: 12 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3342.1.3
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of Parhydraenini from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Science & Engineering, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 012138, USA
Coleoptera Hydraenidae Parhydraenini Discozantaena Perkins & Balfour-Browne Pneuminion Perkins new species South Africa digital images holotype images

Abstract

Two new species of the African and Madagascan hydraenid tribe Parhydraenini are described from South Africa. Discozan-taena occidentalis n. sp. and Pneuminion fontinalis n. sp. are described and illustrated, including high resolution digital imagesof holotypes (online version in colour). Features distinguishing the new species from known congeners are presented, and notes provided on the ecology of these rarely-collected genera, both of which are associated with damp areas at the edges of water.

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