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Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-06
Page range: 423–430
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A new species of the genus Anthaxia (Anthaxia) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from The Islamic Republic of Iran

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University, Zemědělská 1, Brno, CZ-613 00, Czech Republic
taxonomy Coleoptera Buprestidae Anthaxia new species The Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) skorpiki sp. nov., a new species from The Islamic Republic Iran is described and illustrated. The newly described species is compared to the three most similar West Palaearctic members of Anthaxia nitidula species–group, including male genitalia.

 

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