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

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Medicīnas un dzīvības zinātņu fakultāte

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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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.

Oriģinālvaloda	Angļu
Lapas (no-līdz)	140-158
Žurnāls	Ecologica Montenegrina
Sējums	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2026.96.10
Publikācijas statuss	Publicēts - 17 febr. 2026

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A new subgenus and species of false darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Singapore with notes on Serropalpini Latreille, 1829. / Telnov, Dmitry; Cheong, Loong Fah; Hwang, Wei Song u.c.
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