Xenomorphon baranowskii, Ferreira & Barbosa & Bocakova & Solodovnikov, 2023

Ferreira, Vinicius S., Barbosa, Felipe Francisco, Bocakova, Milada & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2023, An extraordinary case of elytra loss in Coleoptera (Elateroidea: Lycidae): discovery and placement of the first anelytrous adult male beetle, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (2), pp. 553-566 : 560

Xenomorphon baranowskii sp.nov.

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Holotype. Mexico: Oaxaca, 74 Km S; Valle Nacional, 2900 m; 21. XI. 1989; leg. R. Baranowski/ sissing liưer in; pine-oak forest/ MZLU00161232 .

Description, diagnosis and measurements. The diagnosis, description and measurements of X. baranowskii are redundant with that of the genus.

Etymology. The species is named asser its collector, Richard Baranowski, a Swedish entomologist who travelled the world in search of beetles and other insects. Many of his findings yielded important specimens for taxonomic research, with most of his collection and notebooks about his expeditions currently deposited in the Lund Entomological collections, at Lund University in Sweden.