Abstract. Based on study of primary types of some Palaearctic Apogonia Kirby, 1819 species, the following new synonymies are established: Apogonia cupreoviridis Kolbe, 1886 = A. nigroolivacea Heyden, 1886 syn. nov. = A. cupreoviridis miyakona Nomura, 1965 syn. nov. Apogonia cupreoviridis is redescribed and compared with closely related A. bicarinata bicarinata Lewis, 1896. The occurrence of A. cupreoviridis in Japan is confirmed.
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1 March 2008
Synonymical Notes on Apogonia cupreoviridis and A. Nigroolivacea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae: Diplotaxini)
Aleš Bezděk
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Apogonia
Diplotaxini
Melolonthinae
new synonymy
Scarabaeidae
taxonomy
type designation