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Issue: Vol. 4144 No. 1: 26 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.11
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

Discovery of a new species of the brachyelytrous net-winged beetle genus Alyculus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Corresponding author; The Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Centre for Insect Systematics, School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Coleoptera taxonomy Lyropaeinae new record new species Oriental Region West Malaysia Pahang

Abstract

The net-winged beetle genus Alyculus Kasantsev is reported from Peninsular Malaysia for the first time and a new species, A. malaypeninsularis sp. nov., is described and illustrated. An expanded identification key to Alyculus males is provided and the biology and distribution of the species are discussed.

 

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