Sunday, May 26, 2024

[Entomology • 2024] Aegus occidentalis • A New Species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with Checklist of the Genus Species from the Country

 

Aegus occidentalis 
Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, 2024

ด้วงคีมร่องตะวันตก  ||  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.2 
 
Abstract
In this study, Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species is described from Tenasserim Range, western Thailand. Its habitus and genitalia are illustrated and compared with its closest relatives for both sexes. A checklist of the species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand is provided, which includes three new country records: Aegus babai Nagai, 1994, A. insignis Nagel, 1941 and A. laticollis Arrow, 1943. Additionally, a new junior synonym, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819 = Aegus chelifer crassodontus Bomans, 1992 new synonym, is proposed. Distribution maps of Aegus species in Thailand are also provided.

Coleoptera, Stag beetle, Aegini, Scarabaeoidea, Indochina, Tenasserim, Oriental region


Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species





Wuttipon Pathomwattananurak and Kawin Jiaranaisakul. 2024. A New Species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with Checklist of the Genus Species from the Country.  Zootaxa. 5453(3); 341-358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.2

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𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘪, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 sp. n., 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴