Studies of Tiger Beetles. CLXXVIII. A new Lophyra (Lophyra) from Somaliland (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)

By

Cassola, Fabio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2008

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

4

Pages

65-69

Subjects

Cicindelidae , Lophyra , Somaliland , Tiger beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.4.57

 

Abstract

A new tiger beetle species, Lophyra (Lophyra) praetermissa n. sp. (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), obviously a close relative of L. (L.) histrio (Tschitschérine, 1903), is described from the environs of Erigavo, Somaliland (northern Somalia). Its discovery thus brings up to 73 the number of the species of this genus presently known worldwide (39 species of which - 29 from Africa - belong to the typonominal subgenus).