New Leiodinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from India and Papua New Guinea
Švec Zdeněk
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(2): 411-424, 2012
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Abstract: Six species of Agathidium Panzer, 1797 are described from northeast India:
Agathidium (Agathidium) fikaceki sp. nov. (Meghalaya), A. (Macroceble)
cochleariforme sp. nov. (Arunachal Pradesh), A. (M.) armigerum sp. nov.
(Arunachal Pradesh), A. (M.) unicorne sp. nov. (Arunachal Pradesh), A. (M.)
guttiferum sp. nov. (Arunachal Pradesh), and A. (M.) acutangulum sp. nov.
(Arunachal Pradesh). Zeadolopus punctiventris sp. nov. is described from Papua
New Guinea. All species are compared with the similar species and the diagnostic
characters are illustrated.
Key words: Leiodidae, Leiodinae, Agathidium, Zeadolopus, taxonomy, new species, India, Papua New Guinea, Oriental Region, Australian Region