TY - JOUR
T1 - A description of the second species of the genus Platybolium Blair, 1938 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) collected from a nest of Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand
AU - Maruyama, Munetoshi
AU - Sasitorn, Hasin
AU - Ando, Kiyoshi
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PY - 2023/3/20
Y1 - 2023/3/20
N2 - Platybolium watanai sp. nov., the second species of the genus, is described from Thailand, with illustrations of the diagnostic characters, including the defensive glands and the cuticular structures of females. The type species of the genus, Platybolium alvearium Blair, 1938, is known from beehives in a wide range of the Oriental region, but the new species was found in an ant nest of Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010. Myrmecophily in the new species is discussed.
AB - Platybolium watanai sp. nov., the second species of the genus, is described from Thailand, with illustrations of the diagnostic characters, including the defensive glands and the cuticular structures of females. The type species of the genus, Platybolium alvearium Blair, 1938, is known from beehives in a wide range of the Oriental region, but the new species was found in an ant nest of Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010. Myrmecophily in the new species is discussed.
KW - Defensive glands
KW - Triboliini
KW - female cuticular structures
KW - myrmecophily
KW - new species
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.5
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.5
M3 - Article
C2 - 37045224
AN - SCOPUS:85150496846
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 5256
SP - 289
EP - 294
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 3
ER -