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A new species of the genus Aporhina Boisduval, 1835 (Coleoptera: Brentidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A new species, Aporhina lavongaiica sp. n. (Brentidae: Eurhynchinae) is described from New Hanover Island, Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea). The new species is similar to Aporhina aurata (Heller, 1896) but differs in the procoxal part of the prosternum, mesanepisternum, mesepimeron, mesoventral process, apical half of the metanepisternum, sides of the metaventrite and sides of the second ventrite with maculae of condensed white squamules, a matte pronotal centre and a distinct subapical tooth on the ventral surface of the profemora. It is the first record of the subfamily Eurhynchinae for the Bismarck Archipelago.

Source: Ecologica Montenegrina

DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.80.17

Author: Andrei A. Legalov

Institutions: Altai State University, National Research Tomsk State University, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $161

Funder: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen