Two species of flightless Cymatodera Gray are described from the California Channel Islands: Cymatodera insularis Rifkind, new species, from Santa Catalina Island and San Clemente Island; and Cymatodera caterinoi Rifkind and Burke, new species, from Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, and Anacapa Island. The new species are compared with Cymatodera vandykei Schaeffer and Cymatodera angustata Spinola, similar flightless species from the California mainland. The origins of Channel Island insect endemism are briefly discussed.
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22 September 2019
New Species of Flightless Cymatodera Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae) from the California Channel Islands
Jacques Rifkind
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 73 • No. 3
September 2019
Vol. 73 • No. 3
September 2019
aptery
brachyptery
checkered beetles
island biogeography
taxonomy