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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 4: 30 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.11
Page range: 595-600
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The first new species of Strongylium W. Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Stenochiini) from the Solomon Islands in half a century

Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; SW7 5BD London; United Kingdom; Institute of Life Sciences and Technology; Daugavpils University; Vienības iela 13; LV-5401 Daugavpils; Latvia; Institute of Biology; University of Latvia; O. Vācieša iela 4; LV-1002 Rīga; Latvia
Coleoptera Darkling beetles taxonomy new species Guadalcanal Papuan region

Abstract

In the present paper, Strongylium (s. str.) tandai sp. nov., the first new representative of its hyperdiverse genus from the Solomon Archipelago in half a century, is described and illustrated. New faunistic records are provided for two other Solomon Strongylium W. Kirby, 1819 species.

 

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How to Cite

Telnov, D. (2025) The first new species of Strongylium W. Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Stenochiini) from the Solomon Islands in half a century. Zootaxa, 5653 (4), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.11