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A new cave‐inhabiting Ptomaphaginus beetle from Sarawak (Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
Author(s) -
PECK STEWART B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00436.x
Subject(s) - cave , biology , genus , phylogenetic tree , zoology , ecology , biochemistry , gene
. A new troglophilic species, Ptomaphaginus chapmani , is described from caves in Sarawak. it has the very unusual combination of very reduced eyes but functiobnal wings and may be interpreted as a phylogenetic relict, with characters suggesting a New World origin for this Oriental genus.