A treatise involving eight genera that form a monophyletic group within Neorthopleurinae is presented. Three new species of the subfamily are described: Agaphalera corallina, sp. nov., A. cymatilis, sp. nov., and Loedelia westcotti, sp. nov. An intergeneric phylogeny is proposed and a key to genera is included. Keys to the species of Agaphalera Opitz 2009b and Loedelia Lucas 1920 are included.
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Classification, natural history, and evolution of Neorthopleurinae Opitz (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part III. The Genera Agaphalera Opitz, Allochotes Westwood, Kataspinula Opitz, Lebasiella Spinola, Loedelia Lucas, Patuleius Fairmaire, Rifkindius Opitz, and Romanaeclerus Winkler
Weston Opitz
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The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Vol. 89 • No. 4
October 2013
Vol. 89 • No. 4
October 2013
checkered beetles
Cleridae
Coleoptera
Neorthopleurinae
new species
taxonomy, phylogeny