The easternmost record of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), with a new species from Fiji and a genus-rank synonymy in Macratriini LeConte, 1862

Dmitry Telnov

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.10

The easternmost record of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), with a new species from Fiji and a genus-rank synonymy in Macratriini LeConte, 1862

Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 27;4965(1):zootaxa.4965.1.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.10.

Author

Dmitry Telnov¹

Affiliation

¹ Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom. Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vâcieđa iela 4, LV-1004, Rīga, Latvia 3Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienîbas iela 13, LV-5401, Daugavpils, Latvia. anthicus@gmail.com.

PMID: 33903502
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.10

Abstract

The easternmost record of Macratria Newman, 1838 from Fiji is presented, and M. fijiana sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Biogeographical patterns and diversity of Pacific Macratriinae are briefly discussed. Additionally, a new genus rank synonymy in Macratriinae is proposed: Thambospasta Werner, 1974 syn. nov. of Salimuzzamania Abdullah, 1968. New combination is made for Salimuzzamania howdeni (Werner, 1974) comb. nov. (from Thambospasta).

Keywords: Coleoptera, Macratria, Salimuzzamania, Thambospasta, taxonomy, synonymy, new species, Melanesia, Nearctic Region, Neotropical Region.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Biodiversity
Coleoptera* / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera* / classification
Fiji
Species Specificity