OLD-WORLD RHIPIDANDRUS LECONTE - SYNONYMIES, FAUNISTICS, IDENTIFICATION KEY AND DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES FROM AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)

Authors
MERKL O KOMPANTZEVA TV
Citation
O. Merkl et Tv. Kompantzeva, OLD-WORLD RHIPIDANDRUS LECONTE - SYNONYMIES, FAUNISTICS, IDENTIFICATION KEY AND DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES FROM AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 42(2), 1996, pp. 89-109
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
ISSN journal
12178837 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
89 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
1217-8837(1996)42:2<89:ORL-SF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The Old World species of Rhipidandrus are reviewed. R. caesus sp. n. a nd R. crowsoni sp. n. are described from Australia. New synonymies (ju nior synonym first): R. cioides clypeatus KASZAB, 1955 = R. cioides KA SZAB, 1955; R. similis KASZAB, 1955 = R. crenipennis (MOTSCHULSKY, 185 8); R. zaitzevi KOMPANTZEVA et MERKL, 1992 = R. crenipennis MOTSCHULSK Y, 1858; R. dybasi KULZER, 1957 = R. speculifrons (GEBIEN, 1922); R. s odalis KULZER, 1957 = R. speculifrons (GEBIEN, 1922); R. scolytoides C HUJO, 1985 = R. speculifrons (GEBIEN, 1922); Bolitopertha novemcostata GEBIEN, 1910 = R. borbonicus (FAIRMARE, 1880). A key for the identifi cation of the Old World species is given.