A new species and a new synonym in the scarab genus Parastasia Westwood, 1841 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with a key to species from Thailand.

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Office of Natural Science Research, National Science Museum, 39 Moo 3, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand. Biology Divisions, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand..

Published: November 2022

Ten species of the genus Parastasia Westwood, 1841 including a new species and a new record are recorded from Thailand. We here describe Parastasia spinosa Hongsuwong, Sanguansub & Jaitrong, new species from eastern Thailand based on a male specimen. Parastasia bimaculata (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) is recorded for the first time in Thailand. We confirm that Parastasia bigibbosa Nonfried, 1891 occurs in the country. Parastasia andamanae (Ghai, Chandra & Ramamurthy, 1988) is synonymized with P. bigibbosa. A key to the Thai Parastasia species is provided.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.6.3DOI Listing

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