Two new species of the genus Melanotus Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Elateridae; Melanotinae) from Pakistan

MUHAMMAD ATIQUE AKHTER ¹GIUSEPPE PLATIA ²SYED ANSER RIZVI ¹ZUBAIR AHMED³

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作者信息

1. Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
2. Via Molino Vecchio, 21,1-47030 Gatteo, Italy
3. Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Scienceand Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
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Abstract

Two new species, Melanotus kalamensis and M. usrae are described from Kalam, Swat Valley, Pakistan and compared with closely allied species. Male genitalia of both new species are illustrated and a key to all known species of the Genus Melanotus fromPakistan is provided. The total number of species in the genus Melanotus from Pakistan is 18.

Key words

Coleoptera/Elateridae/Melanotinae/Melanotus/new species/Pakistan

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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