Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The neotenic net-winged beetle genus Scarelus Waterhouse 1878 is revised and its relationships to other genera of Ateliini, biology, and zoogeography are discussed. Twenty-seven species of Scarelus are recognized, of which eleven are described as new: S. baranciki n. sp.(Borneo), S. pseudoumbrosus n. sp. (Malaysia), S. cibodasensis n. sp.(Java), S. flavicollis n. sp. (Sumatra), S. loksadoensis n. sp. (Borneo), S. pahangensis n. sp. (Malaysia), S. ruficollis n. sp. (Sumatra), S. rufus n. sp. (Sumatra), S. salvani n. sp. (Philippines), S. saranganensis n. sp. (Java), and S. similis n. sp. (Borneo). Scarelus luchti Kazantsev & Yang 1999 is considered to be a nomen nudum due to proposal without any description. All known species are listed with differential diagnoses, redescriptions, data on variability and distribution. A key to Scarelus species and Ateliini genera is provided.
Authors: Vladimír Malohlava, Ladislav Bocak
Institution: Palacký University Olomouc
Language: French
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2011032969