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Discovery of the genus Platycotylus Olliff, 1883 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Japan: Description of a new and remarkable species.

ABSTRACT: The genus Platycotylus Olliff, 1883 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is recorded from Japan (Nakanoshima Island, Tokara Islands) for the first time, through the discovery of a new and remarkable species, Platycotylusmerkli sp. nov., which is described herein. The male of this new species can be distinguished from all known males of other congeneric species by its long and asymmetrical epistomal horn. Although this new species is most similar to Platycotylusparvicollis (Pic, 1923), for which a male has not been examined, it can be distinguished from this species by its simple sparse pronotal punctation, smaller eyes, and acutely produced temples.

SUBMITTER: Yoshida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8677713 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Discovery of the genus <i>Platycotylus</i> Olliff, 1883 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Japan: Description of a new and remarkable species.

Yoshida Takahiro T   Ando Kiyoshi K  

ZooKeys 20211209

The genus <i>Platycotylus</i> Olliff, 1883 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is recorded from Japan (Nakanoshima Island, Tokara Islands) for the first time, through the discovery of a new and remarkable species, <i>Platycotylusmerkli</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, which is described herein. The male of this new species can be distinguished from all known males of other congeneric species by its long and asymmetrical epistomal horn. Although this new species is most similar to <i>Platycotylusparvicollis</i> (Pic  ...[more]

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