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Issue: Vol. 2284 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2284.1.3
Page range: 41–47
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Pachydema Laporte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) from the Canary Islands

Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Coleoptera New taxon systematics key Gran Canaria Spain

Abstract

Pachydema megalops sp. nov., a new species from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) is described and illustrated. A key to all Canarian Pachydema Laporte species and illustrations of diagnostic structures are provided.

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