Brachypsectra kadleci sp. nov. from Western Iran — The First Palaearctic Member of the Family Brachypsectridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateriformia)

Jiří Hájek

doi:10.3161/000345410X499498

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Jiří Hájek¹

¹Department of Entomology, The National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri_hajek@nm.cz

Abstract

Brachypsectra kadleci sp. nov. from Zagros Mts., western Iran, a new species of the genus Brachypsectra LeConte, 1874, is described and illustrated. Based on the pectinate club formed by six antennomeres, the new species is closely related to both the previously known Oriental Brachypsectra, described by Blair (1930). Brachypsectra kadleci sp. nov. represents the first record of the family Brachypsectridae in the Palaearctic region.

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Jiří Hájek "Brachypsectra kadleci sp. nov. from Western Iran — The First Palaearctic Member of the Family Brachypsectridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateriformia)," Annales Zoologici 60(1), 29-33, (1 March 2010). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345410X499498

Received: 1 March 2010; Accepted: 1 March 2010; Published: 1 March 2010

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