New Species of the Tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Asia

Eight new species of the Tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 from China, Laos, and from the Philippines are described and illustrated: Cateanus kuceraisp. nov., Friedrichiellus luzonensissp. nov., Gamepenthes kreslisp. nov., G. phoupanensissp. nov., G. shinuishanensissp. nov., G. turnaisp. nov., Megape...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annales zoologici 2009-12, Vol.59 (4), p.629-639
Hauptverfasser:	Schimmel, Rainer, Tarnawski, Dariusz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	China Coleoptera Elateridae Laos Megapenthini new species Philippines
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Zusammenfassung:	Eight new species of the Tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 from China, Laos, and from the Philippines are described and illustrated: Cateanus kuceraisp. nov., Friedrichiellus luzonensissp. nov., Gamepenthes kreslisp. nov., G. phoupanensissp. nov., G. shinuishanensissp. nov., G. turnaisp. nov., Megapenthes jintangensissp. nov., Procraerus kreslisp. nov. A key to the species of the genus GamepenthesFleutiaux, 1928 from China, and one from Laos and Vietnam is provided, zoogeographical and taxonomical remarks as well as a discussion on the phylogenetic importance of some characters of the species and their ecobiotic life are given.
ISSN:	0003-4541 1734-1833
DOI:	10.3161/000345409X484991