One the genus Tocama Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with descriptions of two new species from Indochina

Abstract. Two new species of the Oriental scarab genus Tocama Reitter, 1902, Tocama laosensis sp. n. and Tocama procera sp. n., are described from Indochina with diagnoses, distributions, remarks and illustrations. A key to the species of the genus is provided with a checklist with several nomenclat...

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Autores principales: Li, Chun-Lin, Wang, Chuan-Chan, Keith, Denis, Yang, Ping-Shih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22532784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.177.2482
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Sumario:Abstract. Two new species of the Oriental scarab genus Tocama Reitter, 1902, Tocama laosensis sp. n. and Tocama procera sp. n., are described from Indochina with diagnoses, distributions, remarks and illustrations. A key to the species of the genus is provided with a checklist with several nomenclatural changes: Hoplosternus tonkinensis Moser, 1913 is transferred to Tocama; Hoplosternus pygidialis Moser, 1915 syn. n., Tocama atra atra Keith, 2006 syn. n. and Tocama atra reichenbachi Keith, 2007 syn. n. = Tocama tonkinensis (Moser).

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