The species of Gonocnemis and Paragonocnemis from Borneo with notes on synonymy in the Oriental species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Bremer Hans J., Grimm Roland
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(2): 331-343, 2017
Published online: 31st December 2017
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Abstract: Specimens of the genera Gonocnemis J. Thomson, 1858 and Paragonocnemis Kraatz,
1899 collected on Borneo are evaluated. The following species have been found:
Gonocnemis borneensis Ardoin, 1964, G. sericeus sericeus (Fabricius, 1801), G.
sumatrensis Pic, 1915, Paragonocnemis (Borneogonocnemis) ruficolor (Pic, 1936),
and P. (B.) ardoini Bremer, 1991. Additional newly described and illustrated
species are Gonocnemis fouquei sp. nov. and G. schawalleri sp. nov. The status
of P. (B.) ardoini Bremer, 1991 and P. (B.) velutinus Bremer, 1998 is
discussed. The following new synonymies are proposed: Gonocnemis minutus Pic,
1915 = G. minutissimus Pic, 1916, syn. nov. (the species occurs in Thailand,
Laos, and Cambodia), and Paragonocnemis (Borneogonocnemsis) ardoini Bremer, 1991
= P. (B.) velutinus Bremer, 1998, syn. nov.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Amarygmini, Gonocnemis, Paragonocnemis, new species, new synonymy, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oriental Region