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Micropeneta excavatifrons Pic 1921

  • 1. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany & schawaller. ehrenamt @ smns-bw. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1482 - 7386
  • 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany & bellersheim. aron @ smns-bw. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5607 - 328 X

Description

Micropeneta excavatifrons Pic, 1921

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New record. Borneo, Sarawak, Mt. Poi, 5000 ft. (= 1525 m), without date, leg. E. Mjöberg (labelled as Mjoberg), 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ NHMUK, 2 ♂♂ SMNS.

Remarks. Type locality is Sumatra. See also key in Kaszab (1978). Male head and pronotum, antenna and aedeagus of a non-type from Borneo are figured by Schawaller (1994).

Notes

Published as part of Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bellersheim, Aron, 2022, Four new species and new records of Micropeneta Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Gnathidiini) from the Oriental and Papuan Regions, including a checklist and an identification key, pp. 471-478 in Zootaxa 5168 (4) on page 472, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/6899886

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK , SMNS
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Micropeneta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pic
Species
excavatifrons
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Micropeneta excavatifrons Pic, 1921 sec. Schawaller & Bellersheim, 2022

References

  • Pic, M. (1921) Nouveautes diverses. Melanges exotico-entomologiques, 34, 1 - 33.
  • Kaszab, Z. (1978) Australische und sudpazifische Tenebrioniden der Tribus Phrenapatini und Gnathidiini (Coleoplera) sowie synonymische Bemerkungen. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationales Hungarici, 70, 163 - 177. Li, B. - Y. & Jiang, R. (2019) Discovery of the genus Micropeneta Pic in China, with description of a new species (Coleoptera:
  • Schawaller, W. (1994) New Oriental Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Entomofauna, 15, 261 - 280.