Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Merkl, O.
Title: A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae)
Year: 1987
Publication date: 1987-12-31
Volume: 79
Pages: 121-166.

Abstract: Six genera and 22 species of Australian Lagriina are treated. Three new genera (Metriolagria gen. n., Stenolagria gen. n. Xenolagria gen. n.) and 6 new species (Ecnolagria monteithi sp. n., Ecnolagria schneiderae sp. n., Ecnolagria similis sp. n., Lagria tenera sp. n., Stenolagria matthewsi sp. n.) are described. New synonyms are: Birolagria Pic, 1956, jun. syn. = Acerogria Borchmann, 1936; Birolagria cicatricosa Pic, 1956, jun. syn. = Acerogria oriunda (Borchmann, 1924); Ecnolagria serripes Borchmann, 1915, jun. syn. = Ecnolagria rufescens (Boisduval, 1835); Lagria australis var. suturalis Borchmann, 1910, jun. syn. = Lagria albovillosa Macleay, 1888; Lagria decipens Lea, 1917, jun. syn. = Metriolagria affinis (Boisduval, 1835); Lagria erythroptera Lea, 1917, jun. syn. = Lagria cyanea Macleay, 1872; Lagria garnetana Borchmann, 1936, jun. syn. = Xenolagria tincta (Blackburn, 1889); Lagria purpureipennis Macleay, 1888, jun.syn. = Lagria cyanea Macleay, 1872. Ecnolagria rufescens (Boisduval, 18359 is resurrected from the synonymy of Ecnolagria grandis (Gyllenhal, 1817). One neotype and 10 lectotypes are designated.
Subject: entomology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Múzsák Közművelődési Kiadó, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Papp, J.