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Issue: Vol. 4338 No. 3: 26 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.8
Page range: 533–545
Abstract views: 127
PDF downloaded: 150

A review of North American Elonus species, with description of E. gruberi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae)

Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Fakultät für Biologie, Biozentrum, Großhaderner Strasse 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea Aderidae United States dichotomous key

Abstract

This work provides a taxonomic survey of the North American species of the genus Elonus Casey, 1895 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Aderidae). It includes the description of a new species, Elonus gruberi n. sp. from the United States, related to E. hesperus Werner, 1990 and to E. basalis (LeConte, 1855). A review and key to the North American species is provided.

 

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