A new species of Schinostethus (Coleoptera: Psephenidae) from India, with new records of the genus from Southeast Asia

Pages 685-690
Citation HÁJEK, Jiří. A new species of Schinostethus (Coleoptera: Psephenidae) from India, with new records of the genus from Southeast Asia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2015, 55(2), 685-690. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/55-2/a-new-species-of-schinostethus-coleoptera-psephenidae-from-india-with-new-records-of-the-genus-from-southeast-asia
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2015/55/2

Schinostethus (Sundodrupeus) sipekorum sp. nov. is described and illustrated from seepage habitat in Meghalaya, India. The new species can be recognised predominantly based on the characteristic shape of male aedeagus: narrowly lanceolate median lobe; broad, apically rounded latero-apical process of paramere, and long slender and apically pointed medio-apical process of paramere. In addition, three new country records and three new Chinese province records of fi ve species of Schinostethus Waterhouse, 1880 are provided.

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