A new species of the genus Corticeus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Socotra Island
Purchart Luboš, Schawaller Wolfgang
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(supplementum 2): 315-322, 2012
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Abstract: Based on the material collected during biodiversity research of insects on
Socotra Island, the new species Corticeus socotranus sp. nov. is described and
figured. The new species belongs to the C. longicollis-group and differs in the
shape of genae and pronotum, and in the colour of body.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Hypophlaeini, Corticeus, new species, Yemen, Socotra