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Loricula Novak 2016

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Genus Loricula Novák, 2016

Loricula Novák, 2016: 44. Type species: Loricula subaeneipennis (Pic, 1922), by original designation.

Diagnosis. This genus can be recognized by the following characters: narrow, parallel body; square pronotum, slightly wider than long; elytra narrowing apically; profemora broadened, male protibiae flat and widened, with a distinct small thorn near middle of the ventral margin.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Zhaoxu & Ren, Guodong, 2019, Two new species of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Yunnan, China, pp. 162-170 in Zootaxa 4576 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2624779

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Novak
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Microphysidae
Genus
Loricula
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Loricula Novak, 2016 sec. Li & Ren, 2019

References

  • Novak, V. (2016) New genera of Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions VI - Loricula gen. nov. Folia Heyrovskyana, series A, 24 (2), 44 - 56.
  • Pic, M. (1922) Nouveautes diverses. Melanges Exotico-entomologiques, 37, 1 - 32.