Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) of the Solomon Archipelago with notes on some Indo-Pacific Sapintus Casey, 1895
Author
Telnov, Dmitry
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5 BD London, United Kingdom; & Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV- 5401 Daugavpils, Latvia
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-09-11
5507
1
79
103
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.3
1175-5326
13747642
C54A5A42-5AE5-49CC-B73A-EE8D598863DC
Macratria
sp. nov.
2
New material examined.
1♀
BMNH
:
SOLOMON ISLANDS
,
Guadalcanal
Is. Marau area
,
Puatanarau
vill. S env.,
9°46’01”S
160°46’24”E
,
10-11.v.2023
,
200–230 m
, primary lowland rainforest on basalt, leg.
D.Telnov.
Distribution.
Eastern tip of
Guadalcanal
.
Note.
The only sampled female specimen undoubtedly represents a new species for science. Description is not possible due to the importance of male morphological features and an absence of male material.