Three new Lethrus species close to L. raymondi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from the Balkan Peninsula

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219-244

Citation

KRÁL, David a HILLERT, Oliver. Three new Lethrus species close to L. raymondi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2013, 53(1), 219-244. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/53-1/three-new-lethrus-species-close-to-l-raymondi-coleoptera-geotrupidae-from-the-balkan-peninsula

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2013/53/1

Three new species of Lethrus (Lethrus) Scopoli, 1777 from the Balkan Peninsula are described: L. (L.) halkidikiensis sp. nov. (Greece: Halkidiki Peninsula), L. (L.) perun sp. nov. (SW Bulgaria) and L. (L.) strymonensis sp. nov. (N Greece: region Séres). They are closely related to L. (L.) raymondi Reitter, 1890. Diagnostic characters (shape of mandibles and shape of ventral mandibular process) are illustrated. The character matrix for the separation of males of the Lethrus species closely related to L. raymondi known from Bulgaria, Macedonia and NW Greece and a map of the distribution areas for each species are presented.