Revision of the checkered beetle genus Onychotillus Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae)
Festschrift
Robert E. Woodruff
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Tillinae
Weston Opitz
Division of Plant Industry/Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1911 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608-7100, USA
Keywords: Taxonomy, West Indies, new species, key to species
Abstract
The West Indian genus Onychotillus Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae) is revised and includes O. androwi Opitz, new species, O. apiculus Opitz, new species, O. cinctipennis (Chevrolat,1874), O. cubana de Zayas,1988, O. dimidiatus de Zayas,1988, O. lineatus Opitz, new species, O. minutus de Zayas,1988, O. trinitatis de Zayas,1988, O. woodruffi Opitz, new species, and O. vittatus Chapin,1945.
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Publication
0913
Published
2022-02-24
How to cite
Opitz W. 2022. Revision of the checkered beetle genus Onychotillus Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae). Insecta Mundi 0913: 1–16.