Review of New ZealandCryptamorpha(Coleoptera: Silvanidae), with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands

2012/03/01 by Samuel D. J. Brown, John W. M. Marris, Richard A. B. Leschen · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

paper · doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.649706

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Abstract

A new species of silvanid beetle, Cryptamorpha triregia sp. n. is described from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. A key to the New Zealand Cryptamorpha species and diagnoses to the previously described Cryptamorpha brevicornis (White) and Cryptamorpha desjardinsi (Guérin-Méneville) are provided. Examination of the type series of Cryptamorpha curvipes Broun and Dendrophagus suturalis White show that C. curvipes is a synonym of C. brevicornis and confirms that D. suturalis is a junior synonym of C. desjardinsi, despite formerly being considered to be a synonym of C. brevicornis. Lectotypes are designated for C. brevicornis and D. suturalis.

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