Sericesthis miskoi
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| Sericesthis miskoi Britton, 1987
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Sericesthis miskoi is an Australian species of beetle (Coleoptera) in the genus Sericesthis, and family Melolonthidae. The holotype was collected from Mount Coolum, Queensland and the beetle's range is restricted to the coastal areas of Queensland. It was first described by E. B. Britton in 1987[1][2][3] and is named in honor of the Ukrainian-Australian entomologist and artist Stefan Misko.[4]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799 [760] https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9870685
- ^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Reading, UK.: Species 2000. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P., 30 May 2011
- ^ Pavlyshyn, Marko. 'Містько Степан (Stefan Misko)', in Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora Vol. 4 (Australia - Asia - Africa), Vasyl Markus (ed.), Published by the Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. pp. 124–125 ISBN 5-7702-1069-9