Tuesday, March 3, 2020

N. 65: Piero Leo & Pietro Leo

G. it. Ent., 15 (65): 733-738
March 2020

Una nuova specie di Asida Latreille, 1802
del sottogenere Planasida Escalera, 1907
dei Monti del Rif (Marocco settentrionale)
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae, Asidini)

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PIERO LEO & PIETRO LEO

Abstract - A new Asida Latreille, 1802 of the subgenus Planasida Escalera, 1907 from the Rif Mountains (North Morocco) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae, Asidini) - Asida (Planasida) ketamae n. sp., from the Rif Mountains (North Morocco), is described and illustrated. The new species is related to Asida (Planasida) septemsis Pérez-Vera, Ruiz & Ávila, 2012 from the surroundings of Ceuta, but can be differentiated for several exoskeleton characteristics and the shape of male genitalia as well.