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Issue: Vol. 4258 No. 3: 28 Apr. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.5
Page range: 281–286
Abstract views: 100
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Revision of the genus Adelostoma (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 2: A new subgenus and species from Oman

Mendel University in Brno, Department of Forest Ecology, Zemědělská 3, CZ- 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera darkling beetles Adelostomini taxonomy new species new subgenus description

Abstract

A new species Adelostoma muqalensis sp. nov. is described from Oman, figured and compared with its relatives. The new species is placed in a new monotypic subgenus, Omandelostoma subgen. nov. An identification key for subgenera of the genus Adelostoma is given.

 

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