First record of the genus Trichodes Herbst (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Pakistan

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1 Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

2 Department of Entomology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan

3 Department of Entomology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan

10.61186/jesi.43.4.10

Abstract

Trichodes sedlaceki sedlaceki Winkler is newly recorded from Beshgram, Chitral, KPK, Pakistan. Both the genus and the species are new to this region. Figures of the habitus and the aedeagus, along with a distributional map, are presented.

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First record of the genus Trichodes Herbst (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Pakistan

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