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Aspidiphorus lareyniei Jacquelin du Val, 1859 (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) – a beetle species new to Greece and Poland

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  • 1. ul. Mickiewicza 8, 46-200 Kluczbork, Poland; e-mail: agrilus@poczta.onet.pl,
  • 2. ul. Wiejska 4B/85, 15-352 Białystok, Poland; e-mail: haptos@interia.pl

Description

Aspidiphorus lareyniei Jacquelin du Val, 1859 (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) is a species of beetle new to the fauna of Greece and Poland. Aspidiphorus lareyniei was collected for the first time in Greece (Macedonia) and north-eastern Poland (Podlasie Lowland). An identification key to the three European species of the genus Aspidiphorus – A. lareyniei, A. confusus (Reitter, 1902) and A. orbiculatus (Gyllenhal, 1808) – is provided.

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