Afromorgus reiterorum sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from Socotra Island
Král David, Kubáň Vítězslav
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(supplementum 2): 147-152, 2012
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Abstract: Afromorgus reiterorum sp. nov. from Socotra Island, Yemen is described and its
diagnostic characters are illustrated. The new species is compared with similar
and probably closely related species A. squalidus (Olivier, 1789), A. frater
(Pittino, 2005), A. saturoi (Kawai, 2006) and species of the A. melancholicus
(Fåhraeus, 1858) group. The differential diagnosis is based mainly on different
structure of the pronotum and elytron, and on the shape of aedeagus.
Key words: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Trogidae, Afromorgus, taxonomy, new species, description, Yemen, Socotra