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Issue: Vol. 5249 No. 2: 1 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.6
Page range: 290-300
Abstract views: 316
PDF downloaded: 48

Two new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Philippines and Vietnam, with first description of E. quadratifovealis Yang & Pathomwattananurak, 2022 female

3B, Pingguoshequ, Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100022, P. R. China.
1051/38 Wiang, Mueang Dist., Chiang Rai Province, Thailand 57000.
College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China.
Phileurini Indochina Asia Oriental Region Coleoptera

Abstract

Two new species, Eophileurus varipunctatus Yang, Pathomwattananurak & Zhao, new species from Mindoro and Palawan, the Philippines and Eophileurus vietnamensis Yang, Pathomwattananurak & Zhao, new species from Vietnam are described and illustrated. Eophileurus iwasei Muramoto, 1995 and E. chinensis (Faldermann, 1935) are illustrated and compared to each new species, respectively. The female of E. quadratifovealis Yang & Pathomwattananurak, 2022 is described for the first time.

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