Open AccessTWO NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDIOTA KIRBY (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: MELOLONTHINAE) FROM AUSTRALLIA WITH NOTES ON L. NOXIA BRITTON
Author(s) -
Allsopp P. G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1989.tb01190.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , key (lock) , type locality , ecology , zoology , taxonomy (biology)
Lepidiota alticalceuss sp. n. from Kununurra, Western Australia, and L. bidentata sp. n. from near Katherine, Northern Territory, are described. The description of L. noxia Britton is modified, new locality records are provided and the species is incorporated into the existing key.