March 2026
Two new taxa of the genus Phelotrupes from Vietnam
(Coleoptera, Geotrupidae）
by
TERUO OCHI *, MASAHIRO KON ** & HONG THAI PHAM ***
* Kôhûdai 5-21-6, Toyono-cho, Toyono-gun, Osaka, 563-0104 JAPAN.
** Pressance Kyodai-Higashi 406, 116-3 Nishida-chô, Jôdôji, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606−8417 JAPAN.
*** Mientrung Institute for Scientific Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 321 Huynh Thuc Khang, Hue, VIETNAM. / Vietnam National Museum of Nature & Graduate School of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, VIETNAM.
Abstract - A new species of Phelotrupes is described from Vietnam: P. (Eogeotrupes) yenbaiensis sp. nov. A new subspecies of P. (Phelotrupes) kubani Král et al., 2001 is also described from Vietnam: P. (P.) kubani australis ssp. nov. In addition, P. (S.) strnadi axanensis Ochi et al., 2018 is upgraded to species rank.
