A NEW SPECIES OF AEGIALITES

During his visit in 1896 to Robben Island, a low rock only 2,000 feet long, situated near the eastern coast of Sakhalin Island, in Okhotsk Sea, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger collected only two species of insects, both Coleoptera. One of them is a species of Bembidium , possibly new, but it should be compar...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Author: Linell, M. L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1898
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent3074-3
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00108454
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Summary:During his visit in 1896 to Robben Island, a low rock only 2,000 feet long, situated near the eastern coast of Sakhalin Island, in Okhotsk Sea, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger collected only two species of insects, both Coleoptera. One of them is a species of Bembidium , possibly new, but it should be compared with the numerous species from the mainland, which cannot be done at present. The other species belongs to the highly interesting genus Aegialites , and is described below as a new species. Aegialites Stejnegeri , Linell new species.