Notes on Australian Laius Guérin-Méneville, Dicranolaius Champion and Intybia Pascoe with description of new species related to Dicranolaius c-purpureus (Lea) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Malachiinae)
Author
Liu, Zhenhua
Author
Ślipiński, Adam
Author
Pang, Hong
text
Zootaxa
2015
3936
2
272
280
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.7
c46d82f2-9c01-4f85-955e-d7295854ed3b
1175-5326
243084
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Intybia
Pascoe
Intybia
Pascoe, 1866: 448
.
Type
species, by monotypy:
Intybia guttata
Pascoe, 1866
.
Remarks.
In addition to the species included below, some species currently classified in
Dicranolaius
will certainly be transferred to
Intybia
after detailed examinations of the
type
specimens and additional material.
Laius filamentarius
Lea
was thought to be a true
Laius
by
Wittmer (1952)
however, according to the current generic concepts (Evers 1994) this species should be classified in
Intybia
based on the modified basal antennomeres in male, but with fore femur, tibia and tarsi simple without secondary sexual characters.