Important notes on taxonomic structure of Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 with the description of new subspecies Blaps nitens medvedevi subsp. n. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptini)

A new subspecies of Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, however well-known but badly interpreted since more than one century, is described from Morocco: Blaps nitens medvedevi subsp. n. The origin of this confusion is explained in a chronological way. Consequently, a new synonymy is given: Blap...

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Main Authors: L. Soldati, G.J. Kergoat, F. Condamine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution 2009-12-01
Series:Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
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Online Access:http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/17_%20Soldati%20et%20al.pdf