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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-09-05
Page range: 588–592
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A new species of Cycreon d’Orchymont, 1919 from Singapore (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini)

Department of Applied Biology, Kharkiv State Zooveterinary Academy, Mala Danylivka, 62341 Kharkiv obl., Ukraine.
Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Megasternini

Abstract

The monotypic genus Cycreon Orchymont, 1919 was established for the species Cycreon sculpturatus Orchymont, 1919, based on a single female specimen from Palembang, Sumatra (Orchymont 1919). At some later point, d’Orchymont studied a specimen from Singapore and labelled it with a note indicating it may be either a male of C. sculpturatus or a new species (Fig. 27). Examination of the holotype of C. sculpturatus revealed the Singapore specimen does indeed represent a new species. It was additionally labeled by d’Orchymont: “Cycreon emarginatus n. sp. voir cependantsi ce n’esl pas le ♂ de sculpturatus” [Cycreon emarginatus n. sp. however, whether is it not the male of C. sculpturatus] but it has never been described.

 

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