Two New Species of Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera, Limnichidae, Limnichinae) From Negros, Philippines

• Main Authors: Delocado, Emmanuel D, Freitag, Hendrik
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity assessment; COI; integrative taxonomy; minute marsh-loving beetle; Negros Island; new species; Biodiversity; Entomology; Genetics and Genomics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/95; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=biology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Two new species of Limnichidae beetles, Byrrhinus negrosensis sp. nov. and Byrrhinus villarini sp. nov., are described from the Island of Negros in the Philippines. The adult specimens of the new species can be differentiated by patterns of body punctation, colour and orientation of elytral pubescen...