Hypocacculus s.str.

Lackner, Tomas & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2017, A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae), ZooKeys 689, pp. 1-263 : 25

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.689.12021

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scientific name

Hypocacculus s.str.
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Subgenus Hypocacculus s.str. View in CoL

Diagnosis.

See above for the diagnosis of Hypocacculus s.l.

Biology.

See the biology of Hypocacculus s.l.

Distribution.

Members of this subgenus are spread in southern Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions, with three species occurring also in the Oriental Region. Species H. (H.) metallescens (Erichson, 1834) has been introduced to USA (Florida) ( Mazur 2011). In the Australopacific Region, one species, H. (H.) hyla , is present and was described from New Guinea, and occurs also in Indonesia (Java and Sunda), Vietnam, and Myanmar ( Mazur 2011). Newly reported from India (see below).