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Published: 2020-02-25
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A new species of Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from the Aeolian archipelago (Sicily, Italy)

Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Avignon, CNRS, IRD, Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bât. Villemin, BP 80, F-13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France.
Associazione “Nesos”, via Vittorio Emanuele 24, I-98055 Lipari (ME), Italy.
Office National des Forêts, Laboratoire National d’Entomologie Forestière, 2 rue Charles Péguy, F-11500 Quillan, France.
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Helopini Catomus aeolicus new species Aeolian archipelago Sicily

Abstract

Catomus aeolicus sp. nov. is described from the Aeolian archipelago (Sicily, Italy). The new species differs from the other European Catomus by having distinctly bent tibiae, longer antennae (especially in males), and strongly highlighted sexual dimorphism. The shape of the aedeagus also seems diagnostic for this new species.

 

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