Alphasida (Alphasida) perezveraisp. nov. is described from areas near El Ejido, in Almería province, South Eastern Spain. It is a one of the glabrous species in a subgenus where most taxa have a peculiar velvety pubescence on elytra. This new species correspond to A. geminaKoch, 1944, not available according to the Code (ICZN 1999) because being originally described as Alphasida lorcana ssp. mendizabali forma geminaKoch, 1944, an infrasubspecific name as a fourth name added to a trinomen. Habitus and aedeagus of the new species and its velvety “homologue” species A. mendizabaliKoch, 1944 are illustrated.
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30 September 2019
A New Species of Alphasida Escalera, 1905 from South-Eastern Spain (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Fabien Soldati,
Juan C. Martínez Fernández
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 69 • No. 3
September 2019
Vol. 69 • No. 3
September 2019
Almería province
Alphasida perezverai
Asidini
darkling beetles
nomenclature
taxonomy