Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966

Tong, Junbo, Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia, 2023, First record of the genus Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 1181, pp. 1-7 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.107115

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C6870FD9-32BD-4D0D-8A46-6AF234768F45

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/51717191-9A99-56BF-BD91-0013CB120934

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scientific name

Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966
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Genus Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966

Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966: 236. Type species: Sceloattalus nepalensis Wittmer, 1966, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Body medium-sized to large, 4.6-6.5 mm in length. Pronotum uniformly yellow, elytra black usually with blue-metallic lustre, except for S. nigroprominens sp. nov. (Fig. 1A, B View Figure 1 ). Antennae simple and slender. Elytra lacking specialized structures. Male hind tibiae strongly dilated on outer side, and tarsomere 2 of fore tarsi produced in a spur-like comb; both simple in female (Fig. 2A, F View Figure 2 ). Ultimate abdominal ventrite (apical sternite) short and transverse with a terminal emargination (Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ).

Distribution.

China (Xizang), Nepal, India (West Bengal).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melyridae

Loc

Sceloattalus Wittmer, 1966

Tong, Junbo, Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia 2023
2023
Loc

Sceloattalus

Wittmer 1966
1966