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Abstract
This is the 11th part of the revisional study of the tenebrionid genus Plesiophthalmus and its allied genera, and deals with the following groups and species of the former : Group of P. kondoi-P. kondoi (MASUMOTO, 1981), comb. nov., P. pickaianus sp. nov., P. fossulatus CHATANAY, 1917 ; Group of P. mayumiae-P. mayumiae (MASUMOTO, 1981), comb. nov., P. crescentus sp. nov., P. oblongus sp. nov. ; Group of P. borneensis-P. borneensis (PIC, 1915), comb. nov., (=Cyriogeton tenuistriatum BLAIR, 1928, syn. nov.), P. subelongatus (PIC, 1915), comb. nov., P. substriatus PIC, 1917 ; Group of P. gokani-P. gokani sp. nov., P. miyakei sp. nov., P. shingoi sp. nov., P. nakanei sp. nov., P. doipuiensis sp. nov., P. kurosawai sp. nov. Two isolated species, P. armicrus FAIRMAIRE, 1889 (=P. robustipennis PIC, 1938, syn. nov.) and P. maculosus (PIC, 1922), comb. nov., and a species of unidentified systematic status, P. lineipunctatus FAIRMAIRE, 1891, are also re-examined. Keys to the species of respective species-groups are also given.
Journal
- Japanese journal of entomology [List of Volumes]
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Japanese journal of entomology 59(1), 1-36, 1991-03-25 [Table of Contents]
The Entomological Society of Japan