New species of bombardier beetles of the genera Brachinus and Pheropsophus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae) from Vietnam

D.N. Fedorenko

Abstract. Eight new species of bombardier beetles are described from Vietnam: Brachinus dalatensis sp. nov., B. ovalipennis sp. nov., B. belyaevae sp. nov. (all in the melancholicus species-group), Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) bidoupensis sp. nov., Ph. (S.) ngoclinhensis sp. nov., Ph. (S.) kalyakini sp. nov., Ph. (S.) similis sp. nov. and Ph. (S.) obliteratus sp. nov. (all in the aptinoides species-group). A key to species of the Pheropsophus aptinoides group of the Vietnamese fauna is provided.
Key words: bombardier beetle, taxonomy, distribution, Oriental Region, Vietnam, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Brachininae, Brachinus, Pheropsophus, new species

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2013, 22(2): 271-284  ▪  Published in print 25 December 2013


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.271  ▪  Open full article  

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