A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829

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Dmitry Telnov · Daugavpils University

Loong Fah Cheong · National University of Singapore

Wei Song Hwang · National University of Singapore

Maxwell V. L. Barclay · Natural History Museum

Aleksandrs Balodis · University of Latvia

Kristīne Greķe · National Library of Latvia

Abstract

Serropalpus (Sundaserropalpus subgen. nov.) nigrovittatus sp. nov., the first new representative of Melandryidae Leach, 1815 from Singapore in more than a century, is described and illustrated. Morphological features and taxonomy of the genera of Serropalpini Latreille, 1829 are discussed.

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Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Beetle Biology and Toxicology Studies

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Published in: Ecologica Montenegrina

Volume 96, pp. 140-158

DOI: 10.37828/em.2026.96.10

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A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829

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