Dasypogon is a widely distributed Palearctic genus. This contribution reviews the species from Central Europe. Two species are identified, including one new species-Dasypogon diabolicus sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report on new findings of nearly 50 species that represent four families of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, which were collected during an expedition to western Tajikistan that was carried out in June and July 2014. Rakovič, 1982 is recorded from the country for the first time. Moreover, we describe and illustrate the differences in the external morphology between (Scriba, 1790) and (Reitter, 1891), the latter of which has a doubtful systematic position.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew data on the distribution, biology and ecology of the longhorn beetles occurring in southern and eastern regions of Kazakhstan are presented together with a list of 78 species that were collected during two entomological expeditions conducted in May and June 2017. New localities of some rare taxa endemic to this region of Asia, such as (Gebler, 1830), (Gebler, 1841) and Ballion, 1878 are given. Ganglbauer, 1883 is recorded from Kazakhstan for the first time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFXylotrechus (Kostiniclytus) alakolensis sp. nov. from East Kazakhstan is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew data on the distribution, biology, and ecology of the longhorn beetles occurring in Mongolia are presented together with a list of 35 species that were collected during a one-month entomological expedition in August 2015. New localities of some rare taxa endemic to Mongolia, such as (Jakovlev, 1901), (Faldermann, 1833), and (Jakovlev, 1889) are given. High-quality photographs of several rather unique species, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhytoecia (Pilemia) kruszelnickii sp. nov. from Greece is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew data on distribution, biology, and ecology of some little-known cerambycid species, collected in the western part of Tajikistan, are presented. Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758) is recorded in Tajikistan for the first time. New localities of species considered pests or invasive species such as Aeolesthes sarta (Solsky, 1871) and Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 are also given.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Dryops Olivier, 1791 has a worldwide distribution. In the Palaearctic region, it contains 34 species, from Tajikistan only one was recorded so far-Dryops rufipes Krynicki, 1832 (Olmi 1976, Kodada & Jäch 2006). During an expedition of last two authors to the Tajikistan in 2014 a series of new species was found, which is described in this paper.
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