SPINOLYPROPS PAKISTANICUS SP-N (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), AN ORIENTAL ELEMENT IN THE FAUNA OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Authors
SCHAWALLER W
Citation
W. Schawaller, SPINOLYPROPS PAKISTANICUS SP-N (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), AN ORIENTAL ELEMENT IN THE FAUNA OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 103(3), 1996, pp. 691-695
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Revue Suisse de Zoologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035418X
Volume
103
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
691 - 695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-418X(1996)103:3<691:SPS(TA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Spinolyprops pakistanicus sp. n, from Hazara and Swat in northern Paki stan is described, having a sexually dimorphic tibia, a structure yet unknown among the other congeners. In the fauna of northern Pakistan, generally containing mainly Palaearctic elements, the genus Spinolypro ps is a further example with distinct Oriental distributional pattern.