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Issue: Vol. 2347 No. 1: 29 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2347.1.3
Page range: 59–63
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus and species of ototretine firefly from Borneo (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Purkrabska 2, CZ-77140 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Purkrabska 2, CZ-77140 Olomouc, Czech Republic Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Terezy Novakove 64, CZ-62100 Brno, Czech Republic
Coleoptera Taxonomy Ototretinae Emasia dentata new genus new species Oriental Region

Abstract

Emasia n. gen. is proposed within the Ototretinae together with one new species Emasia dentata n. sp. from Malaysia (Borneo). Principal apomorphic features are listed and illustrations of diagnostic characters provided.

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