Genus Anomostomus Laferte-Senectere (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae): Addition of a New Subgenus and New Species from South India
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https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.1280Keywords:
Anomostomus (Tnaei) devagiriensis sp. nov., Tnaei subgen. nov., A. orientalis, Afrotropical region, Indian subcontinent, Harpalini, Amblystomina, southern India, Kerala, distributionAbstract
Genus Anomostomus LaFertè-Sénectère is represented by three species globally with two species known from Afrotropical region and one species, Anomostomus orientalis Andrewes from the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka and Indo-Pakistan border). A new subgenus, Tnaei subgen. nov. within the genus Anomostomus is described with a new species Anomostomus (Tnaei) devagiriensis sp. nov. from the Malabar coast region of Kerala in South India.
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