A NEW SPECIES AND RECORDS OF SORA WALKER, 1859 (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE: LAGRIINAE) FROM THE HIMALAYAS

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Current issue: Volume 25, No. 2 (2025)

A NEW SPECIES AND RECORDS OF SORA WALKER, 1859(COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE: LAGRIINAE) FROM THE HIMALAYAS

Dmitry Telnov*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.25(2).009

Telnov D. 2025. A new species and records of Sora Walker, 1859 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from the Himalayas. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 2025(2): x-x.

Abstract

A new lagriine species, Sora (s. str.) gurung sp. nov. from the Great Himalayas Range, is described and illustrated. Sora nigripennis (Fairmaire, 1894) comb. nov. and S. pilosivestis Borchmann, 1936 from the southern foothills of the Himalayas are redescribed and a new combination is proposed. Data and illustrations of the type material of ten Asian species of Casnonidea Fairmaire, 1882 and Sora Walker, 1859 are presented for the first time.

Keywords: taxonomy, long-jointed beetles, Nepal.

*Corresponding author: Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom; E-mail: anthicus@gmail.com. ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-0089. Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV-5401, Daugavpils, Latvia. Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV-1004, Rīga, Latvia

ZooBank URN for this publication: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD6B37DB-0C46-459D-96EE-85E98716C226