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Issue: Vol. 4808 No. 1: 1 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.8
Page range: 141–150
Abstract views: 72
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New species of Pseudothysanoes Blackman, and Sphaerotrypes Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Jammu and Kashmir, with biological observations, and a key to South Asian species of Sphaerotrypes

Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, India
Department of Forest Protection Service, Forestry and Game Management Research Institute Strnady 136, CZ-15604 Praha 5- Zbraslav, Czechia.
Coleoptera Himalayan fauna new species taxonomic key bark beetles

Abstract

Two new species of Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are described from Jammu and Kashmir, Pseudothysanoes kashmirica sp. nov. and Sphaerotrypes montanus sp. nov. These discoveries mark the first records of the genera Pseudothysanoes Blackman,1920 from South Asia and Sphaerotrypes Blandford, 1894 from the Northwestern Himalayan region. A discussion on the biology of the new species together with a complete key to the known species of Sphaerotrypes from South Asia are provided.

 

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