Scaphidiidae (Coleoptera) of Fiji |
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Authors: | Ivan Löbl |
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Affiliation: | Département d’Entomologie , Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle , CH-1211 , Genève 6 , Case Postale 284, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Abstract This paper describes 12 new species of Scaphidiidae from Fiji based on a collection made in October 1977 on the two main islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Three genera and 23 species are now known from Fiji: Baeocera Erichson (parallela n.sp., vanuana n.sp., plana n.sp., ovalis n.sp., kuscheli n.sp., gnava n.sp., ignobilis n.sp., kuscheliana n.sp., reducta n.sp., plus two species left unnamed); Scaphisoma Leach (kuscheli n.sp., liliputanum Löbl, distans Löbl, aequatum Löbl, zimmermani Löbl, debile n.sp., mucronatum n.sp., fijianum Löbl, alienum Löbl); and Scaphoxium Löbl (ventrale Löbl, malekulense Löbl, vitianum Löbl). Keys are given to genera and species. |
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Keywords: | Coleoptera Scaphidiidae Fiji new taxa keys UNDP/FAO-SPEC survey |
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