A new species of Elaphidion Audinet-Serville, 1834, from Antigua and comparison with E. excelsum Gahan, 1895, from Guadeloupe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini)

JOSEF VLASAK

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4688.3.10

Issue: Vol. 4688 No. 3: 23 Oct. 2019

Type: Article

Published: 2019-10-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.3.10

Page range: 442–446

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**A new species of Elaphidion Audinet-Serville, 1834, from Antigua and comparison with E. excelsum Gahan, 1895, from Guadeloupe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini)**

JOSEF VLASAK⁺⁻

207 Silverbrook Drive, Schwenksville, PA 19473, U.S.A.

Coleoptera Caribbean West Indies Longhorn beetles Elaphidiini

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Abstract

A new species of Elaphidion, E. antiguensis sp. nov. is described from Antigua (West Indies). The host plants and larval biology of E. antiguensis are described and compared to those of E. excelsum, Gahan.

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