Description of a New Species of Ariotus (Coleoptera, Aderidae) allied to A. takedai, from Honshu, Central Japan

Saitȏ, Masahiro

doi:10.2478/cszma-2025-0004

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Description of a New Species of Ariotus (Coleoptera, Aderidae) allied to A. takedai, from Honshu, Central Japan

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

Volume 74 (2025): Issue 1 (June 2025)

By: Masahiro Saitȏ

Open Access

|Jun 2025

Abstract

Ariotus spinitibialis M. Saitȏ, new species is described from Honshu, Central Japan. This new species is closely related to Ariotus takedai M. Saitȏ & Young, 2015, differing from the latter in several respects, but notably by the presence of a pair of tibiale spines in male.

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