Kazantsev S.V. 2015. New species of Metriorrhynchus Gemminger et Harold, 1869 and Porrostoma Laporte, 1838 from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Lycidae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.24. No.3: 211–233 [in English].

Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13–326, Moscow 109651, Russia. E-mail: kazantss@mail.ru

KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Lycidae, new species, taxonomy, Papuan region.

ABSTRACT. Twenty one new species of Metriorrhynchus Gemminger et Harold, 1869 and Porrostoma Laporte, 1838: M. amplikefalus, M. brunneoflavus, M. chamaeleon, M. chimaera, M. lateanticus, M. olivieri, M. pallidipes, M. platypus, M. stenothorax, M. stenus, M. telnovi, M. turbinatus, M. tuzovi, M. weigeli, P. angustifasciatum, P. echidna, P. fasciapiculatum, P. halmaheraensis, P. tigroides, P. viridum and P. wilhelmi spp.n., are described from New Guinea and adjacent islands. Metriorrhynchus flavus Kleine 1926 and Cladophorus lucinus Kleine, 1926 are transferred to Porrostoma as P. flavum (Kleine, 1926), comb.n. and P. lucidum (Kleine, 1926), comb.n. Metriorrhynchus parallelus (Guerin-Meneville, 1830) and Porrostoma flavum (Kleine, 1926), comb.n. are illustrated. Some autapomorphies of the genera Metriorrhynchus and Porrostoma are discussed.

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