Review of Australian Scirtes Illiger, Ora Clark and Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) including descriptions of new species, new groups and a multi-gene molecular phylogeny of Australian and non-Australian species
Author
Watts, Chris H. S.
Author
Cooper, Steven J. B.
Author
Saint, Kathleen M.
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-14
4347
3
511
532
journal article
31542
10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.5
e13b422a-b2cb-4622-bc80-065c002669f6
1175-5326
1048629
BC6C045D-9B16-4233-8C5C-D2BB53B25E03
Scirtes rutai
nom. nov.
=
Scirtes beccus
Ruta, Kiałka & Yoshitomi, 2014
Notes
.
Scirtes beccus
Ruta, Kiałka & Yoshitomi, 2014
from Kinabalu Park, Ranu, Sabah is preoccupied by
Scirtes beccus
Watts, 2004
. We propose the replacement name,
Scirtes rutai
, after Rafał Ruta of Wroclaw in recognition of his extensive and important work on the
Scirtes
of Southeast Asia.