Taxonomic revision of the genus Parena Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Metallicina)
Author
Shi, Hongliang
0000-0002-9989-5830
shihl@bjfu.edu.cn
Author
Liang, Hongbin
0000-0002-9989-5830
shihl@bjfu.edu.cn
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-18
5286
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5286.1.1
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5286.1.1
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3.
Parena testacea
species group
This species group contains five allopatric species, distributed all through the Oriental Realm and eastern to
Papua New Guinea
and the
Solomon Islands
. They are characterized by: dorsum pale yellow, elytra entirely yellow or with large dark median patch; tarsi black, distinctly darker than other portions of legs; antennae bicolor, basal one or three antennomeres yellow, apical antennomeres black; elytral striae not incised, replaced by lines of punctures, intervals flat; elytral sutural angles pointed or not, forming denticles or spines, outer apical angles well rounded to distinctly angulate; median lobe of aedeagus slightly stouter than previous two groups, gradually attenuate to apex, apical lamella more or less bent to dorsum.