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New species of genus Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan

. Shabana Mangi, Waheed Ali Pahnwar and Abdul Manan Shaikh


Abstract

A new species of genus Conoderus i.e., Conoderus pakistanicus sp. nov.is described and illustrated from Sindh Pakistan. Identification of new species has been done based on the taxonomical characteristics such as external morphology and male genitalial structures. The biogeographic distribution and taxonomical key to the species is also provided. In addition, this study revealed that the population of new species were considerably different on its geographical distribution of Click beetles (Elateridae) fauna of different districts. Present study was identified 35 species of the Elateridae from Sindh Pakistan.

Keywords: Systematics, New species, Coleoptera, Elateridae, Pakistan, distribution, significance.

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