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FIVE NEW SPECIES OF MEGAPENTHES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, WITH A KEY TO THE NEARCTIC SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: ELATERIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Edward C. Becker
Edward C. Becker
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Five new species of Megapenthes are described: apacheorum from Arizona and New Mexico; texanus from Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona; fuscus from Arizona; antennatus from Arizona and Durango (Mexico); and elongatus from Arizona and New Mexico. Four species are redescribed: longicornis Schaeffer, variolatus Van Dyke, megalops Van Dyke, and obtusus Van Dyke. The male genitalia of these species are illustrated, and a key to the 29 nearctic species is included. The position of aterrimus Motschulsky is discussed, Dolopiosomus Motschulsky is considered as a nomen oblitum under Megapenthes, and caprella californicus Brown is synonymized under caprella LeConte.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , February 1971 , pp. 145 - 167
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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