A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829

Dmitry Telnov; Loong Fah Cheong; Wei Song Hwang; Maxwell V.L. Barclay; Aleksandrs Balodis; Kristīne Greļe

doi:10.37828/em.2026.96.10

A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829

Dmitry Telnov^*
, Loong Fah Cheong
, Wei Song Hwang
, Maxwell V.L. Barclay
, Aleksandrs Balodis
, Kristīne Greļe

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences

The Natural History Museum, London
Daugavpils University
National University of Singapore
The Entomological Society of Latvia
Latvian National Museum of Natural History

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Abstract

Serropalpus (Sundaserropalpus subgen. nov.) nigrovittatus sp. nov., the first new representative of Melandryidae Leach, 1815 from Singapore in more than a century, is described and illustrated. Morphological features and taxonomy of the genera of Serropalpini Latreille, 1829 are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	140-158
Journal	Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2026.96.10
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2026

Keywords

morphology
new taxa
Serropalpini
Serropalpus
Taxonomy

OECD Field of Science

1.6 Biological Sciences

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A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829

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