New taxa of Dolichoctis Schmidt-Goebel and Paradolichoctis Baehr from the Australian-Papuan Region (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae)

Three new species of the genus Dolichoctis Schmidt-Goebel, subgenus Spinidolichoctis Baehr, are described: D. sinuaticollis sp. n. and D. picescens sp. n. from Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland, Australia, and D. nigricauda sp. n. from western New Guinea. It seems that the previous Australian...

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Published in:Tijdschrift voor entomologie 2007, Vol.150 (1), p.77-86
Main Author: Baehr, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aculeata
Carabidae
Coleoptera
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Summary:Three new species of the genus Dolichoctis Schmidt-Goebel, subgenus Spinidolichoctis Baehr, are described: D. sinuaticollis sp. n. and D. picescens sp. n. from Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland, Australia, and D. nigricauda sp. n. from western New Guinea. It seems that the previous Australian records of D. aculeata Chaudoir and D. subrotunda Darlington are erroneous and rather refer to the newly described species. Paradolichoctis cordicollis vixspinosa subsp. n. is described from the island of San Cristobal, Solomon Islands. It differs from the nominate subspecies from Bougainville Island mainly in the extremely short sutural spines of the elytra. All species are included in the recent keys, and for the Australian species of Dolichoctis a separate key is provided.
ISSN:0040-7496
2211-9434
0040-7496
DOI:10.1163/22119434-900000214