Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia

This study established the current taxonomic status of 30 species of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Malaysia. A total of 392 specimens were examined. Thirty species has been identified belonging to three subfamilies, nine tribes and 17 genera with four potential new species and one...

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Main Author:	Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Beetles - Classification Tenebrionidae
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70276/1/FP%202017%206%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.702762019-08-16T02:23:15Z Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia 2017-03 Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem This study established the current taxonomic status of 30 species of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Malaysia. A total of 392 specimens were examined. Thirty species has been identified belonging to three subfamilies, nine tribes and 17 genera with four potential new species and one potential new genus. A total number of 16 species were recorded for the first time in Malaysia namely Amarygmus metallicus, A. ovoides, Derosphaerus aeruginosus, Gonocephalum hispidocostatum, Leprocaulus rotundicollis, Promethis semisulcata, P. coracina, P. punctulator, P. opaca, Pseudonautes vagevittatus, Pseudoblaps javana, Strongylium erythrocephalum, S. orientale, S. various, Uloma sextuberosa and U. excise. A total of 42 internal and external morphological characteristic have been described for each species. Eleven structures for each species were illustrated based on their specific state namely antenna, labrum, labium, mandible, maxilla, pronotum, fore-leg, mid-leg, hind-leg, elytra, aedeagus. Taxonomic key to genera of subfamily Stinochiinae, genera of subfamily Tenebrioninae and the species of the genera Promethis, Strongylium, Eucyrtus, Gauromaia, Amargymus, Uloma, Tribolium species has been successfully developed. The distribution of Tenebrionidae species in Malaysia were shown in the maps for each species. The most common species is Tribolium castanum, Tribolium confusum, some species of the genus Promethis, the less common species is Uloma excisa, and rare species is Strongylium varians. A comprehensive checklist of Malaysian Tenebrionidae was developed for the first time with the total number of 207 species belonging to 64 genera. The highest number of the species has been found in Borneo followed by Penang and Malacca. The less number of the species have been found in Perak. The taxonomical effort produced from this study will be helpful for enhancing the species discovery while maintaining species inventories of Malaysian Tenebrionidae. Beetles - Classification Tenebrionidae 2017-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70276/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70276/1/FP%202017%206%20-%20IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Beetles - Classification Tenebrionidae
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
topic	Beetles - Classification Tenebrionidae
spellingShingle	Beetles - Classification Tenebrionidae Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
description	This study established the current taxonomic status of 30 species of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Malaysia. A total of 392 specimens were examined. Thirty species has been identified belonging to three subfamilies, nine tribes and 17 genera with four potential new species and one potential new genus. A total number of 16 species were recorded for the first time in Malaysia namely Amarygmus metallicus, A. ovoides, Derosphaerus aeruginosus, Gonocephalum hispidocostatum, Leprocaulus rotundicollis, Promethis semisulcata, P. coracina, P. punctulator, P. opaca, Pseudonautes vagevittatus, Pseudoblaps javana, Strongylium erythrocephalum, S. orientale, S. various, Uloma sextuberosa and U. excise. A total of 42 internal and external morphological characteristic have been described for each species. Eleven structures for each species were illustrated based on their specific state namely antenna, labrum, labium, mandible, maxilla, pronotum, fore-leg, mid-leg, hind-leg, elytra, aedeagus. Taxonomic key to genera of subfamily Stinochiinae, genera of subfamily Tenebrioninae and the species of the genera Promethis, Strongylium, Eucyrtus, Gauromaia, Amargymus, Uloma, Tribolium species has been successfully developed. The distribution of Tenebrionidae species in Malaysia were shown in the maps for each species. The most common species is Tribolium castanum, Tribolium confusum, some species of the genus Promethis, the less common species is Uloma excisa, and rare species is Strongylium varians. A comprehensive checklist of Malaysian Tenebrionidae was developed for the first time with the total number of 207 species belonging to 64 genera. The highest number of the species has been found in Borneo followed by Penang and Malacca. The less number of the species have been found in Perak. The taxonomical effort produced from this study will be helpful for enhancing the species discovery while maintaining species inventories of Malaysian Tenebrionidae.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem
author_facet	Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem
author_sort	Hwayyiz, Darya Kareem
title	Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
title_short	Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
title_full	Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
title_fullStr	Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia
title_sort	taxonomic revision of stinochiinae, tenebrioninae and diaperinae (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) from malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70276/1/FP%202017%206%20-%20IR.pdf
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Taxonomic revision of Stinochiinae, Tenebrioninae and Diaperinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Malaysia

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