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Contribution to the knowledge of the endemic Australian genus Binburrum Pollock, 1995 (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae), with description of three new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2020

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Darren A. Pollock
Yun Hsiao*
Affiliation:
Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia
Darren A. Pollock*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, United States of America
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Abstract

Binburrum Pollock, 1995 is a small group of fire-coloured beetles (Tenebrionoidea: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae) endemic to Australia with five described species. Herein, three new species of Binburrum – B. articuno (southeastern South Australia), B. moltres (northeastern Queensland, Australia), and B. zapdos (northeastern Queensland) – are described based on comparative anatomy, highlighting the underestimated diversity of this genus. Binburrum angusticollis Pollock, 1995 is newly recorded from New South Wales, Australia. Descriptions of new species are supplemented with digital photographs and scientific illustrations of habitus and salient structures. A key for the identification of Binburrum is provided.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 153 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 244 - 256
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© The Authors, 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of Canada

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Subject Editor: Marla Schwarzfeld

ZooBank Registration Number: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95249027-1AD6-45D3-AD28-65598E3CBB8B

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