G. it. Ent., 10 (50): 77-97
September 2002
Descrizione di nuove specie
del genere Paranacaena Blackburn, 1889
(Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)
di
ELIO GENTILI
Abstract - Descriptions of new species of the genus Paranacaena Blackburn, 1889 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) - Fifteen new species of Paranacaena are described. Two are Australian: P. hibrida (Western Australia) and P. tasmaniana (Tasmania); thirteen from New Guinea: P. alticola, P. bacchusi, P. hebaueri, P. maculata, P. madangi, P. ovata, P. plana, P. rotunda, P. rubra, P. spurca, P. striata, P. sucinacia, P. tetrops. New locality records are given for nine already described species. A comprehensive key to species for the genus Paranacaena is proposed.
