Genus Byrsax Pascoe, 1860 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea with description of a new species

Current issue: Volume 23, No. 2 (2023)

GENUS BYRSAX PASCOE, 1860(COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE) IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND NEW GUINEA WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Dmitry Telnov*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.23(2).004

Telnov D. 2023. Genus Byrsax Pascoe, 1860(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea with description of a new species. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 23(2): 163-172.

Abstract

New faunistic, country and biogeographical records are provided for Byrsax biroi Kaszab, 1939 and B. pinnaticollis Carter, 1914. Byrsax crypticus sp. nov. from the Solomon Islands is described and illustrated. Morphological features of the Papuan representatives of the genus Byrsax are briefly discussed.

Keywords: taxonomy, darkling beetles, Papuan Region.

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