Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Nubia: Annotated Catalogue of Species, with New Data from the Bayada Desert

Marek Bunalski; Jan Śmiełowski

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.465

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20 September 2018 Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Nubia: Annotated Catalogue of Species, with New Data from the Bayada Desert

Marek Bunalski, Jan Śmiełowski

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The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(3):465-470 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.465

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On the basis of literature research and specimens gathered during Polish zoological expeditions to the Middle Nile Valley, a catalogue of the Nubian Tenebrionidae was compiled with 46 species and subspecies belonging to 28 genera. New distribution records for 17 species are listed, nine of which, Adesmia (Oteroscelopsis) dilatata (Klug, 1830), Pimelia (Pimelia) angulata angulata (Fabricius, 1775), Pimelia (Pimelia) derasa derasa Klug, 1830, Trachyderma (Trachyderma) genei Solier, 1836, Zophosis (Oculosis) abbreviata Solier, 1834, Adavius nodieri (Fairmaire, 1893), Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) inaequale inermipes Gridelli, 1945, Mesomorphus colasiKaszab, 1963, and Neocaedius aegyptiacus (Mulsant and Rey, 1859), are recorded in this region for the first time.

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Marek Bunalski and Jan Śmiełowski "Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Nubia: Annotated Catalogue of Species, with New Data from the Bayada Desert," The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3), 465-470, (20 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.465

Received: 17 January 2018; Accepted: 2 July 2018; Published: 20 September 2018

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