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Xestotrogus sagrmaticus Uliana & Khudhur, 2025 |
Abstract
An undescribed species of Rhizotrogini recently collected in Iraqi Kurdistan evidenced the unclear diagnosis of the genus-level taxa to which it could be attributed, prompting their revision. As a result, the currently monotypic subgenus Xestotrogus Reitter, 1902 is removed from subgeneric rank under the genus Xanthotrogus Reitter, 1902, treated as a valid genus and re-diagnosed. Cyprotrogus Nikolajev, 2004, also monotypic, is recognized as its junior subjective synonym. The new species, the third known of the genus, is then described as Xestotrogus sagrmaticus Uliana & Khudhur, new species. External morphology, aedeagus and endophallus of each species are illustrated.
Coleoptera, rhizotrogini, Middle East, Kurdistan, endophallus, new species, revision
Xestotrogus sagrmaticus Uliana & Khudhur, sp. nov.
Marco ULIANA and Farhad A. KHUDHUR. 2025. A Revision of the Taxonomic Status of Xestotrogus Reitter, 1902 and related taxa, with the Description of A New Species from Iraqi Kurdistan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zootaxa. 5575(3); 477-490. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.8 [2025-01-24]
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