Genus Byrsax Pascoe, 1860(coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea With Description of a New Species

Abstract

New faunistic, country and biogeographical records are provided for Byrsax biroi Kaszab, 1939 and B. pinnaticollis Carter, 1914. Byrsax crypticus sp. nov. from the Solomon Islands is described and illustrated. Morphological features of the Papuan representatives of the genus Byrsax are briefly discussed.