TY - JOUR AU - Ricchiardi, Enrico PY - 2020/11/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Description of eight new Paratrichius Janson, 1881 from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) JF - Fragmenta entomologica JA - Fragm entomol VL - 52 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.13133/2284-4880/461 UR - https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/461 SP - 321-339 AB - <p>Increased availability of recently collected beetle material from Vietnam has stimulated numerous taxonomic studies. Several specimens representing new species of the genus <em>Paratrichius</em> Janson, 1881, were discovered among this material. These are described here as <em>Paratrichius bartolozzii</em> sp. nov., <em>P. caobangi</em> sp. nov., <em>P. dangvanboi</em> sp. nov., <em>P. parvolaetus</em> sp. nov. , <em>P. saetosus</em> sp. nov. , <em>P. triguttatus</em> sp. nov., <em>P. inexpectatus</em> sp. nov. and <em>P. variiscoloratus</em> sp. nov., thereby bringing the total number of known Vietnamese species to 29. The distribution of the species highlights three major areas of endemism for the genus within the country: northern provinces, Central Highlands and southern provinces. To date, no species has been found to inhabit more than one of these areas. Further research in intermediate areas is needed to better clarify boundaries between these areas of endemism.</p> ER -