Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • Devanshu Gupta Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal
  • Kailash Chandra Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal
  • Aleš Bezděk Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.257
Keywords: new species, taxonomy, Northeast India, diagnosis, Palaearctic Region

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pukupuku Muramoto, 2006 is described from the state of Arunachal Pradesh (Northeast India): Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. Relevant diagnostic characters are illustrated and compared with closely related species, Pukupuku curtus (Arrow, 1919) and Pukupuku katsurai (Muramoto, 2002). The distribution of the new species is mapped.

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Published
2017-01-03
How to Cite
Gupta, D., Chandra, K., & Bezděk, A. (2017). Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. European Journal of Taxonomy, (257). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.257
Issue
No. 257 (2017): Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2017 Devanshu Gupta, Kailash Chandra, Aleš Bezděk

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