<strong>A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia</strong>

JOHN W. M. MARRIS; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.2

Issue: Vol. 3754 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-01-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.2

Page range: 32–58

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A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia

JOHN W. M. MARRIS⁺⁻
ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI⁺⁻

Entomology Research Museum, Ecology Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, PO Box 85084, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

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Abstract

The Pediacus Shuckard fauna of Asia and Australasia is revised. Eighteen species are recorded, described and illustrated from the regions and a key to species is provided. Nine new species are described: Pediacus australis sp. nov. (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand), P. carinatus sp. nov. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand), P. fujianensis sp. nov. (China), P. japonicoides sp. nov. (Taiwan); P. leei sp. nov. (Taiwan), P. pendleburyi sp. nov. (Malaysia), P. sinensis sp. nov. (China), P. taiwanensis sp. nov. (Taiwan) and P. thomasi sp. nov. (Taiwan). A checklist of the Pediacus fauna of the world is given, listing a total of 31 species.