A subterranean species of Exocelina diving beetle from the Malay Peninsula filling a 4,000 km distribution gap between Melanesia and southern China
We describe a new subterranean species of the genus Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Malay Peninsula. Almost all of the 196 species of that genus are epigean and distributed mainly in New Guinea, Australia, Oceania and New Caledonia. One epigean species is, however, known from China. The discovery of a species on the Malay Peninsula fills that distribution gap to some degree.
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Main Authors: | Balke, Michael, Ribera, Ignacio |
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Other Authors: | German Research Foundation |
Format: | artículo biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-11-12T12:33:41Z
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Subjects: | Beetles, Blind subterranean species, Disjunct distribution, New species, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/222791 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 |
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