Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie) Herausgeber: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A Nr. 564 5S. Stuttgart, 20. 11. 1997 New M elan er os -Species from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Lycidae) By Milada Bocäkovä, Olomouc With 20 figures Summary This contribution deals with the knowledge of the genus Melaneros from the Himalayas. Five species are described as new to science: Melaneros manaliensis n. sp. (India), M. pseudo-picianus n. sp. (India), M. holzschuhi n. sp. (Bhutan), M. jenisi n. sp. (Nepal) and M. compres-sus n. sp. (Nepal). Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lyciden-Fauna des Himalaya behandelt die Gattung Me-laneros. Fünf neue Melaneros-Arten werden beschrieben: zwei Arten aus Nord-Indien (Me-laneros manaliensis n. sp., M. pseudopicianus n. sp.), eine Art aus Bhutan (M. holzschuhi n. sp.) und zwei Arten aus Nepal (M. jenisi n. sp., M. compressus n. sp.). Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Abbreviations .. 2 3. Acknowledgements u^*^^\THSOAf/2 : >>s ( j ^ 4. The species JT^ /V./Sv. 2 4.1. Melaneros manaliensis n. sp f. \. . . . . 2 4.2. Melaneros pseudopicianus n. sp I JUN ' "f ' 199Ä 1 • ■ ■ ■ 2 4.3. Melaneros holzschuhi n. sp .V J. . . . . 4 4.4. Melaneros jenisi n. sp -^S^-,, /jda , " , cC"' J?" ^ 4.5. Melaneros compressus n. sp ?^>« »^P.'>Ai>''rP^^ i»<r. 5 5. References 5 IMW-PTSJiunaB;,. 1. Introduction Although Nakane (1983) and Kasantsev (1991, 1992) were working on large amounts of material of Lycidae from the Himalayas, further new species have re-cently been found in additional materials. Because of the relatively low vagility of
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