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Issue: Vol. 5828 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.12
Page range: 383-387
Abstract views: 114
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Taxonomic contribution to the enigmatic ladybird beetle tribe Limnichopharini Miyatake, 1994 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with description of the third species of Limnichopharus Miyatake, 1994 from Thailand

Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironment Sciences; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan; The Kyushu University Museum; 6-10-1 Hakozaki; Higashi-ku; Fukuoka; 812-8581; Japan
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Twarda 51/55; 00-818 Warszawa; Poland
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Twarda 51/55; 00-818 Warszawa; Poland
Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironment Sciences; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan
Innovation of Environmental Management; Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage; Klong Luang; Pathumthani 13180; Thailand
Forest Entomology and Microbiology Group; Forest and Plant Conservation Research Office Department of National Parks; Wildlife and Plant Conservation; 61 Phaholyothin Road; Chatuchak; Bangkok 10900; Thailand
The Kyushu University Museum; 6-10-1 Hakozaki; Higashi-ku; Fukuoka; 812-8581; Japan
Coleoptera Coccinelloidea lady beetles new species Oriental region taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the extremely rarely collected genus Limnichopharus Miyatake, 1994, of the monotypic, ladybird beetle tribe Limnichopharini Miyatake, 1994 (subfamily Coccinellinae), Limnichopharus khaoyaiensis sp. nov., is described from Thailand, illustrated, and compared with the other congeneric species L. hainanensis Miyatake and L. borneensis Miyatake. This represents the third known species in the genus and the tribe. Male genitalia are illustrated and described for the first time for Limnichopharini. The systematic position of the tribe is briefly discussed.

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How to Cite

Seki, R., Tomaszewska, W., Szawaryn, K., Hashizume, T., Hasin, S., Voraphab, I. & Maruyama, M. (2026) Taxonomic contribution to the enigmatic ladybird beetle tribe Limnichopharini Miyatake, 1994 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with description of the third species of Limnichopharus Miyatake, 1994 from Thailand. Zootaxa, 5828 (2), 383–387. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.12