Revision of the <i>Austrelatuspapuensis</i> group with descriptions of 42 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae).

ABSTRACT: The Austrelatuspapuensis group is the second species group of the New Guinean representatives of the recently described genus AustrelatusShaverdo et al., 2023. The group is mainly defined by distinct scale- and/or spinula-like surface structures of the dorsal sclerite of the median lobe. The species group already contains four described species and 42 new species and one subspecies treated here: Austrelatusaiyurensissp. nov., A.asteiossp. nov., A.bewaniensissp. nov., A.bosaviensissp. nov., A.bundunensissp. nov., A.centralensissp. nov., A.craterensissp. nov., A.decorissp. nov., A.dekaisp. nov., A.epicharissp. nov., A.flavocapitatus<

SUBMITTER: Shaverdo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11101835 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature