Lampyris pseudozenkeri (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) new species to Greece and Europe

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Published: Dec 3, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.21705
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Lampyridae faunistic new record Greece Kos Island
Fabrizio Fanti
independent researcher
Francesco Vitali
7a, rue Jean-Pierre Huberty, L-1742, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Abstract
Lampyris (s. str.) pseudozenkeri Geisthardt, 1999, a species closely related to Lampyris (s. str.) zenkeri Germar, 1817 and previously known from the south-western Turkey (Kuşadası, Aydın Province), is newly recorded from Kos Island (Dodecanese, Greece). This is the first record for Greece and Europe.
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