ACTA MUSEI MORAVIAE - SCIENTIAE BIOLOGICAE 85/2000 (1)

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Ahrens D. 2000: Weiteres Material der Gattung Lasioserica Brenske, 1896, mit der Beschreibung acht neuer Arten (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Sericini). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 1-28. [Further observation on the genus Lasioserica Brenske, 1896, with descriptions of eight new species (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Sericini)] - In the present paper eight species of Lasioserica Brenske, 1896 are described as new to science: Lasioserica bomansi sp.nov. (Thailand), L. ilamensis sp.nov. (Nepal), L. kubani sp.nov. (Thailand and Yunnan), L. pacholatkoi sp.nov. (Bhutan), L. petri sp.nov. (Vietnam), L. sausai sp.nov. (Laos), L. tricuspis sp.nov. (Thailand), L. turaensis sp.nov. (India). New distributional records and a table of the general distribution of the species are given. The diagnostic key to species is modified and given in English.

Key words: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Sericini, Lasioserica, Bhutan, Nepal, Meghalaya, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, key to species

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Červenka R. 2000: A contribution to knowledge of the Aphodiidae IV. Review of the Aphodius Illiger species of the subgenus Carinaulus Tesař with a description of 11 new species from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 29-51. - Eleven new species of the subgenus Carinaulus Tesař ( genus Aphodius Illiger) from China (A. armandidavidi, A. dundarum, A. gansuicus, A. imitabilis, A. jakli, A. krali, A. milaninikodymi, A. tryznai, A. wrzecionkoi, A. zhanglaensis spp.nov.), and India (A. meghalayensis sp.nov.) are described and compared with related species. Diagnostic characters including male genitalia are illustrated. A description of the male of Aphodius vseteckai Tesař is given. Subgenus Oxyaphodius Balthasar, 1965 is considered a junior synonym of the subgenus Carinaulus Tesař. A key to species of the subgenus Carinaulus Tesař is given.

Key words: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae, Aphodius, Carinaulus, Oxyaphodius, new species, new synonymy, Palaearctic and Oriental regions

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Háva J. 2000: A review of the genus Adelaidia (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 53-55. - Species of the genus Adelaidia Blackburn, 1891 are reviewed. One new species, Adelaidia haucki sp.nov. from Malaysia, is described and illustrated. All species are keyed.

Key words: Taxonomy, review, key, Dermestidae, Adelaidia, Adelaidia haucki sp.nov., Malaysia

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Háva J. 2000: Distributional notes on some Oriental Nosodendridae (Coleoptera), with descriptions of five new species. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 57-65. - Nosodendron horaki sp.nov., N. bilyi sp.nov., N. nomurai sp.nov. and N. prudeki sp.nov. from Thailand and N. helferi sp.nov. from Burma are described, compared and illustrated. Nosodendron hispidum Champion, 1923 is recorded as new to the fauna of Nepal.

Key words: Coleoptera, Nosodendridae, Nosodendron ,taxonomy, new species, distribution, Oriental region

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Kapler O. 2000: A new species of Saprinus (Coleoptera, Histeridae) from Asia. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 67-71. - A new species Saprinus havajirii sp.nov. from Asia is described and compared with Saprinus chalcites (Illiger, 1807) and S. submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913.

Key words: Taxonomy, description, Saprinus havajirii sp.nov., Histeridae, Coleoptera, Asia

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Z. Kejval 2000: Revisional notes on Oriental Formicomus LaFerté-Sénectére (Coleoptera, Anthicidae). 2. Himalayan species related to F. lagenicollis Fairmaire, 1894. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 73-111. - Twelve new species are described in this paper: F. abditus sp.nov. (India), F. arunvallis sp.nov. (Nepal), F. bifurcatus sp.nov. (Bhutan); F. bonadonai sp.nov. (Bhutan), F. gandaki sp.nov. (Nepal), F. burmanus sp.nov. (Burma), F. gorkha sp.nov. (Nepal), F. nepalensis sp.nov. (Nepal), F. pokharensis sp.nov. (Nepal), F. probsti sp.nov. (Nepal), F. pseudocorruscus sp.nov. (Nepal); F. uhmanni sp.nov. (Nepal). The following new synonymies are proposed: Formicomus LaFerté-Sénectére, 1849 (= Formicomus subg. Orthauchen Krekich-Strassoldo, 1925 syn.nov.); F. lagenicollis Fairmaire, 1894 (= F. aestimabilis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919 syn.nov., F. bhutanensis Pic, 1913 syn.nov.); F. longiceps Pic, 1913 (= F. championi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928 syn.nov.). Formicomus aestimabilis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919 as the type species of Orthauchen Krekich-Strassoldo, 1925 and the lectotype for F. aestimabilis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1919 are designated.

Key words: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Formicomus, new species, new synonymy, type species subsequent designation, lectotype designation, Oriental region.

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Kolibáč J. 2000: Classification and phylogeny of the Buprestoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 113-184. - Selected species of 19 buprestid genera were studied in holomorphological fashion. The genera represent all the subfamilies described within the Buprestidae Leach: Schizopodinae LeConte (Schizopus LeConte), Julodinae Lacordaire (Julodis Solier), Thrincopyginae LeConte (Thrincopyge LeConte), Acmaeoderinae Kerremans (Acmaeoderella Cobos), Polycestinae Lacordaire (Ptosima Solier, Polycesta Solier, Sponsor Laporte & Gory, Paratrachys Saunders), Buprestinae Leach (Buprestis Linnaeus, Melanophila Eschscholtz), Chrysobothrinae Laporte & Gory (Chrysobothris Eschscholtz), Chalcophorinae Lacordaire (Chalcophora Solier), Sphenopterinae Lacordaire (Sphenoptera Solier), Mastogeniinae LeConte & Horn (Mastogenius Solier), Galbellinae Reitter (Galbella Westwood), Agrilinae Laporte & Gory (Coraebus Laporte & Gory, Agrilus Curtis), Trachyinae Gory & Laporte (Trachys Fabricius) a Cylindromorphinae Portevin (Cylindromorphus Théry). Some of the body parts studied were figured. Eighty seven characters of larvae and adults were used in acharacter state matrix. The matrix was mostly based on the material studied, although, literature data were also used (especially for larval and anatomical characters). The families Derodontidae, Bostrichidae, Dermestidae, Dascillidae, Byrrhidae, Elateridae, and Dryopidae were used as outgroups. The Hennig86 program (commands mhennig*bb*, successive weighting) was used for computing the matrix. Only one tree is a result of the matrix and that shows high congruence of matrix data. The resulting tree is congruent with a general opinion on ahigher taxonomy for Buprestoidea. Family rank is confirmed for Schizopodidae. Such a classification, i.e. two respective sister families Schizopodidae and Buprestidae, is strongly supported by morphological evidence. Acomparison of character states of some the studied taxa as well as of the tree shows paraphyly of several subfamilies of Buprestidae. Therefore, the subfamilies Acmaeoderinae and Thrincopyginae are synonymized with Polycestinae, the subfamilies Chrysobothrinae and Chalcophorinae are synonymized with Buprestinae, thesubfamily Mastogeniinae is synonymized with Galbellinae, and the subfamily Cylindromorphinae is synonymized with Agrilinae. A part of the former polyphyletic subfamily Trachyinae (the tribes Aphanisticini Jacquelin du Val incl. Anthaxomorphus Deyrolle, Germaricini Cobos, Cylindromorphoidini Cobos, and Trachyini Laporte de Castelnau) is synonymized with Agrilinae and the second part of the former Trachyinae (the tribes Pachyschelini Böving & Craighead and Brachyini Cobos incl. Leiopleura Deyrolle) is shifted to Galbellinae.

Key words: Phylogeny, morphology, classification, character analysis, Coleoptera, Buprestoidea