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1 December 2017 Taxonomy of the Genus Amathobius Gebien, 1920 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)
Dariusz Iwan
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Abstract

Amathobius Gebien, 1920 (type species: Amathobius glyptopterus Koch, 1963) is revised and illustrated. The genus is a member of a monophyletic subtribe Stizopina (Tenebrionidae: Opatrini). The following new species are described: Amathobius ignatii and A. kaminskii. The genus Amathobius consists of six species distributed in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. The identification key is provided to all known species of the genus.

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Dariusz Iwan "Taxonomy of the Genus Amathobius Gebien, 1920 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)," Annales Zoologici 67(4), 859-886, (1 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.4.018
Received: 10 September 2017; Accepted: 1 October 2017; Published: 1 December 2017
KEYWORDS
Amathobius
Botswana
darkling beetles
entomology
Namibia
new species
South Africa
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