Notes on two species of the genus Fairmairoplia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini) from Madagascar

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  • B. M. Vasko I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., Kyiv, 01030, UKRAINE; e-mail: bogdan.vasko@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-9067

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36016/KhESG-2025-33-1-2-2

Keywords:

Monkey beetles, Afrotropical realm, diagnoses, new location, taxonomy, morphology

Abstract

New records for Fairmairoplia carinata Lacroix, 1997 and F. compacta Lacroix, 1997 in Madagascar are given. On the basis of the available material, the description of F.  carinata, based on a single specimen from Eastern Madagascar, has been supplemented. 7 figs, 1 refs.

References

Lacroix, M. 1997. Insectes Coléoptères Hopliidae (1e partie). Paris: 1–399. (Faune de Madagascar, 88(1)). URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/309169.

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2026-03-15

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Vol. 33 No. 1-2 (2025)

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“Notes on two species of the genus Fairmairoplia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini) from Madagascar” (2026) The Kharkiv Entomological Society Gazette, 33(1-2), pp. 8–11. doi:10.36016/KhESG-2025-33-1-2-2.

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