Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 80. (Budapest 1988)

Merkl, O.: Notes on Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1886, with description of Lagria gressitti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini)

The species is named in honour of the late dr. J. Linsley Gressitt, the most renowned and prominent figure of the exploration of the New Guinea biota. * * * Acknowledgements — I thank the curators and other individuals for providing me with material for study. Special thanks are due to Mr. V. R. Bejsák and Dr. D. S. (Woody) Horning (Macleay Museum, Sydney) as well as Dr. G. A. Holloway (Australian Museum, Sydney) for their efforts in searching for the types of Lagria azureipennis. I also extend my thanks to Miss Á. Bar tos who kindly prepared Figs 1-3. References BORCHMANN, Fr. (1910) : Nilionidae, Othniidae, Aegialitidae, Petriidae, Lagriidae. — In : JUNK, W. & SCHENKUNG, S. (eds): Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 3. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1-32. BORCHMANN, Fr. (1915): Die Lagriinae (Unterfamilie der Lagriidae) — Arch. Naturg. 81A (6): 46-186. BORCHMANN, Fr. (1936): Coleoptera Fam. Lagriidae. — In: WYTSMAN, P. (ed.): Genera Insectorum fasc. 204, Louis Desmet-Verteneuil, Bruxelles, pp. 1-561. MACLEAY, W. (1886): The insects of the Fly River, New Guinea "Coleoptera". — Proc. Linn. Soc.N. S. W. 1: 136-157 + 183-204. MERKL, O. (1987) : A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). — Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 79: 121-166. Author's address : DR. OTTÓ MERKL Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13 Hungary