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Issue: Vol. 1818 No. 1: 7 Jul. 2008
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2008-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1818.1.3
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 3

Revision of the Paleartic species of the genus Ochthebius Leach (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) XXIV. Description of Ochthebius (Asiobates) sanabrensis n. sp. from northwestern Spain

Departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria
Coleoptera Hydraenidae

Abstract

In the Palearctic region, the hydraenid subgenus Asiobates Thomson, 1859 comprises two species groups (Jäch, 1990): the O. minimus Fabricius group and the O. bicolon Germar group. The O. bicolon group is quite diverse in the Iberian Peninsula (12 species) displaying a high level of endemism (six Iberian endemic species). In contrast, only two Iberian species of the O. minimus group are known to date, with both rather widely distributed in the western Palearctic Region: O. (Asiobates) aeneus Stephens, 1835 and O. (A.) minimus (Fabricius, 1792). A new species, apparently endemic to the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, is now added to this group.

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