NEW SPECIES, TAXONOMY AND FAUNISTICS OF EAST ASIAN AND PAPUAN LAGRIINAE LATREILLE, 1825 (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE)

In the present paper Bothrichara artygi sp. nov. (New Guinea), B. grisea sp. nov. (New Guinea), Bothrionota ruzzieri sp. nov. (Sulawesi), Exostira transmontana sp. nov. (China, India, Myanmar), Kaindilagria opposita sp. nov. (New Guinea), Macrocasnonidea bifurcata sp. nov. (Borneo), and Oreogria arfak sp. nov. (New Guinea) are described and illustrated. New synonymy is proposed for Bothrichara Borchmann, 1916 (= Calogria Borchmann, 1916 syn. nov.), Borchmannia violaceocincta (Borchmann & Pic, 1912) (= Rouyerus (Borchmannia) violaceocinctta var. diversicollis Borchmann & Pic, 1912 syn. nov., = R. (B.) dissimilis Borchmann in Borchmann & Pic, 1912 syn. nov., = R. (B.) dissimilis var. rufitharax Pic in Borchmann & Pic, 1912 syn. nov., = R. (B.) dissimilis var. lineaticollis Borchmann & Pic, 1912 syn. nov., = Borchmannia akiyantai Merkl, 1988 syn. nov.; = Borchmannia masumotoi Merkl, 1988 syn. nov.) and Chlorophila gemma Telnov, 2021 (= C. carinadorsum Liang, Zhou & Chen, 2022 syn. nov.). Taxonomic position of Costiferolagria grossepanetata (Borchmann, 1916) and C. octocosiala (Borchmann, 1916) is discussed and lectotype is designated for Auristira octocostata. Interspecific variability is described and discussed for Sora marmoreipennis Merkl, 2019. Images of Borchmannia violaceocincta, Costiferolagria grossepunetata (Borchmann, 1916), C. octocostata (Borchmann, 1916), Macrocasnonidea quadrimaculata (Pic, 1912), and Sora bimucronata (Pie. 1926) are presented for the first. time. New information is provided on the distribution of 25 East Asian and Papuan Lagriinae Latreille, 1825 (1820) including several corrections and additions.