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Plectrosternus Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae); genus new to northern Western Ghats, India with a description of one new species.
Category
Articles
Authors
Amol Patwardhan & Raghunandan Athalye
Publisher
Magnolia Press
Publishing Date
01-Jan-2012
volume
3193
Issue
1
Pages
53-61
- Abstract
A new species Plectrosternus foveatus sp.nov. is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from northern Western Ghats (Type locality: Yeoor, Thane, Maharashtra, India) and the third species from India.