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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 1: 5 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.2
Page range: 24–30
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 5

Four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Thomassetiini)

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Kamýcká 1176, Praha 6-Suchdol, 165 21 Czech Republic.
Coleoptera taxonomy Buprestidae Philanthaxia new species Oriental region

Abstract

Descriptions of four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864: P. depressifrons sp. nov. (Vietnam), P.granum sp. nov., P. hanloni sp. nov. and P. purpureifrons sp. nov (all from The Philippines). All described species are illustrated and compared with the similar or sympatric congeners.

 

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