Petroniptus zahradniki new genus and new species (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from Thailand

• Authors: Jerzy Borowski , Marek Sławski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

New genus and species of a beetle belonging to the family Ptinidae are described. Petroniptus zahradniki n. gen., n. sp. has been found in northeastern Thailand. It is wingless and reminds of – also wingless – representatives of southern African genera Cryptopeniculus Philips and Pocapharaptinus Philips & Akotsen.

Keywords

EN

Petroniptus; Petroniptus zahradniki; Ptinidae; Thailand; new genus; new species; spider beetle

Discipline

• ZOOLOGY: ZOOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World Scientific News
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 118
• Pages: 251-256

Contributors

author

Jerzy Borowski

• Department of Forest Protection and Ecology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159/34, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

author

Marek Sławski

• Department of Forest Protection and Ecology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159/34, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

References

• [1] Akotsen-Mensah C., Philips T.K. 2009. Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa, 2160: 51-67.
• [2] Bellés X. 1982. Idees sobre la classificació supragenèrica dels Ptinids (Coleoptera). II Sessió con-junta d'Entomologia. Institució Catalana d'Història Natural/Societat Catalana de Lepidopterologia, pp. 61–65, (Barcelona).
• [3] Bellés X. 1985. Sistemática, filogenia y biogeografía de la subfamilia Gibbiinae (Coleoptera, Ptinidae). Treballs del Museu de Zoologia, 3: 1–94.
• [4] Philips T.K., Foster D.L. 2004. Cryptopeniculus nigrosetus n. g., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from the Namaqualand region of South Africa. Zootaxa, 577: 1-11.

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