An integrative approach in taxonomic revision of the genus Merohister Reitter, 1909 (Coleoptera, Histeridae) from India, with redescriptions of M. jekeli (Marseul, 1857) and M. asoka (Lewis, 1910)
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Kumar, Jasvinder
Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014 (India)
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Ôhara, Masahiro
Hokkaido University Museum, N 10, W 8, Sapporo, 0600810 (Japan)
ohara@museum.hokudai.ac.jp
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Wats, Meenu
Department of Zoology, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh 160011 (India)
meenuwats@yahoo.co.in
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Jaiswara, Ranjana
Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014 (India)
ranjana@pu.ac.in
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Zoosystema
2026
2026-05-15
48
11
305
322
journal article
315244
10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a11
d6dbe5cc-2e04-4250-a7d4-07640fb2aa59
1638-9387
20247834
E806790C-A73F-46DF-BF7E-82F132D89726
TABLE 1. — Measurements (in mm) of body part of Merohister jekeli (Marseul, 1857) males. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.| Characters | HW | APW | PPW | PEL | PPL | PL | EL | EW | ProW | ProL | PyL | PTL | MSTL | MTTL |
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| Min | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
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| Max | 2 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
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| Average (n =22) | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
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