Limnichidae: description of a new species from New Caledonia, and checklist of the taxa recorded from the Australian/Pacific Region
Only two species of Limnichidae (Coleoptera) have so far been recorded from New Caledonia, both by FAUVEL (1903): Byrrhinus antipodum FAUVEL, 1903 and Pelochares versicolor (WALTL, 1833). Byrrhinus antipodum is supposed to be endemic to New Caledonia. The types could not be retrieved by the authors. The record of Pelochares versicolor is probably based on misidentification, because this species is confined to the Palearctic Realm. The New Caledonian specimens of Pelochares MULSANT & REY examined are specifically different from P. versicolor and described here as P. fauveli sp.n.
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| Format: | capítulo de libro biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich
2010-05
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| Subjects: | Coleoptera, Limnichidae, Byrrhinus, Limnichus, Pelochares, New species, New combination, New Caledonia, Australian/Pacific Region, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/41819 |
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