Zinchenko V.K.1, Bezborodov V.G.2 2026. A new species of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 (Coleoptera, Eulichadidae) with new data on the distribution of five species of the genus in North and South Vietnam // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. No.1: 27–30 [in English].
1 Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia. E-mail: vzscar@yandex.ru
2 Amur Branch of Botanical Garden-Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ignatevskoye Shosse 2-nd km, Blagoveshchensk 675000 Russia. E-mail: cichrus@yandex.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.01.06
ABSTRACT. This paper describes Eulichas (Eulichas) kontumensis Zinchenko et Bezborodov, sp.n. from the montane semi-deciduous tropical forests of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. E. (E.) kontumensis Zinchenko et Bezborodov, sp.n. differs from similar species in the shape of the last antennomere and the aedeagus. New data on the distribution of five species of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 in the mountainous regions of Vietnam are presented. Three species, E. (E.) alesbezdeki Hájek, 2009, E. (E.) milleri Ivie et Jäch, 2002 and E. (Forficulichas) dembickyi Jäch, 1995 are firstly regictered for Kon Tum Province of South Vietnam.
KEY WORDS: Elateroidea, Eulichas, new species, taxonomy, distribution, new data, Vietnam.