Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)

Metapogonia snizekisp. nov. from northeastern Tanzania is described. The new species is compared with the morphologically closely similar species M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945). A previously unknown female of M. elgonensis is described, and the species is recorded from Uganda for the first time. Rele...

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Autor principal: Bezděk, Aleš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.963.54714
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description Metapogonia snizekisp. nov. from northeastern Tanzania is described. The new species is compared with the morphologically closely similar species M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945). A previously unknown female of M. elgonensis is described, and the species is recorded from Uganda for the first time. Relevant diagnostic characters (parameres, shape of male protarsomeres, female pygidium) are illustrated.
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spelling pubmed-74589452020-09-11 Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini) Bezděk, Aleš Zookeys Research Article Metapogonia snizekisp. nov. from northeastern Tanzania is described. The new species is compared with the morphologically closely similar species M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945). A previously unknown female of M. elgonensis is described, and the species is recorded from Uganda for the first time. Relevant diagnostic characters (parameres, shape of male protarsomeres, female pygidium) are illustrated. Pensoft Publishers 2020-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7458945/ /pubmed/32922133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.963.54714 Text en Aleš Bezděk http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title_full Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title_fullStr Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title_full_unstemmed Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title_short Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini)
title_sort metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of m. elgonensis (burgeon, 1945) (coleoptera, scarabaeidae, melolonthinae, diplotaxini)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.963.54714
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