Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Phaedis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from the Malay Peninsula with the Description of Six New Species

Abstract

Four known Malayan species described by Fairmaire and Kraatz are redescribed; Gauromaia approximans Fairmaire, 1897 and G. femoralis Fairmaire, 1893 are transferred to the genus Phaedis and also redescribed herein. A lectotype is designated for Pseudeumorpus decretus Fairmaire, 1893. The following new synonymies are established: Phaedis superbus (Kraatz, 1880) = Ph. semiarmatus (Fairmaire, 1893), syn. n.;Phaedis pretiosus (Kraatz, 1880) = Ph. decretus (Fairmaire, 1893), syn. n. Six new species are described from the Malay Peninsula: Phaedis azureussp. n., Ph. hatayamai sp. n., Ph. marginipennissp. n., Ph. medvedevisp. n., Ph. propinquussp. n., and Ph. viridistriatussp. n.