The taxonomic and distributional data concerning the representatives of the Quadrideres interioris species-group were revised. Lectotypes for Q. interioris (Gebien, 1911), Q. lesnei Koch, 1956 and Q. volcanicus Koch, 1956 were designated. Q. kaszabi sp. nov. and Q. rex sp. nov. were described. An identification key is provided to all known species of the Q. interioris species-group. This paper brings the total species number within the genus Quadrideres to 18.
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1 March 2013
Two New Species of the Afrotropical Genus Quadrideres Koch, 1956 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), with Notes on the Interioris Species-Group
Marcin Jan Kamiński
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 63 • No. 1
March 2013
Vol. 63 • No. 1
March 2013
darkling beetles
Ectateus
new species
Platynotina
Quadrideres
taxonomy