The genus Diplocheila Brullé, 1834 in Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini)

Gianni Allegro; Pier Mauro Giachino

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1044.60072

The genus Diplocheila Brullé, 1834 in Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini)

Zookeys. 2021 Jun 16:1044:427-448. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.60072. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Gianni Allegro¹, Pier Mauro Giachino²

Affiliations

¹ Strada Patro 11, I-14036 Moncalvo (AT), Italy Unaffiliated Moncalvo Italy.
² Via della Trinità 13, I-10010 San Martino Canavese (TO), Italy Unaffiliated San Martino Canavese Italy.

Abstract

The Diplocheila species recorded from Cambodia are discussed and two new species, Diplocheila walterrossii sp. nov. and D. erwini sp. nov. are described. Moreover, the holotypes of D. laevigata (Bates, 1892) and D. laevigotoides Jedlička, 1936, two often misinterpreted species from the Oriental Region, are illustrated and some aspects of their morphology are clarified. Finally, an analytical key to all species recorded from Cambodia is provided.

Keywords: Diplocheila erwini sp. nov.; Diplocheila walterrossii sp. nov.; Oriental Region; faunistics; taxonomy.

Gianni Allegro, Pier Mauro Giachino.