Eight new species of the tribe Quasimusini Schimmel et Tarnawski, 2009 from China, Indonesia, and Himalaya (Bhutan and Sikkim) are described and illustrated. New records on two known species from Laos are given. Wittmeroquasimus irianjayensis sp. nov. is the first of the genus Wittmeroquasimus, and Striatoquasimus carinatissimus sp. nov. is the second species of the genus Striatoquasimus recorded from Indonesia. Keys to the species of the genus Wittmeroquasimus from China and from Himalaya are provided. New species: Quasimus wrasei sp. nov., Striatoquasimus carinatissimus sp. nov., Wittmeroquasimus fujianensis sp. nov., W. holzschuhi sp. nov., W. irianjayensis sp. nov., W. shiniushanensis sp. nov. and W. sikkimensis sp. nov.
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1 September 2011
New and Little Known Species of the Tribe Quasimusini Schimmel et Tarnawski, 2009 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions
Rainer Schimmel,
Dariusz Tarnawski
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 61 • No. 3
September 2011
Vol. 61 • No. 3
September 2011