Háva J.1, Alekseev V.2 2024. Allenus anthracinus, a new genus and species of polypore fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Tetratomidae: Piseninae) from northern Vietnam // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.2: 97–101 [in English].
1 Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection, Rýznerova 37/37, Únětice u Prahy, Prague-west CZ-252 62 Czech Republic. E-mail: jh.dermestidae@volny.cz ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8076-9538.
2 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevskogo Str. 14, Kaliningrad 236016 Russia. E-mail: alekseew0802@yahoo.com ORCID: 0000-0003-4390-5443.
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.02.04
ABSTRACT. Based on a single male specimen recently collected in the Yen Bai province (Vietnam), Allenus anthracinus Háva & Alekseev gen. et sp.n. is described as new for science, being illustrated and compared here with related genera belonging to the subfamily Piseninae within the family Tetratomidae. The new tetratomid genus may be separated from all other representatives of this group by the following peculiar external characters: long antennae reaching middle of elytra, a loose antennal club consisting of weakly dilated segments, and a pronotum with two oval bump-shaped protuberances anteriorly. The described taxon extends the known distribution range of the subfamily Piseninae in the south to the Oriental Region.
KEY WORDS: new genus, new species, Tenebrionoidea, Southeast Asia.