Two New Species of Darkling Beetles of the Genus Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from Central and Southern Mindanao with Updated Species Geographic Distribution and a Key to Species of the Philippine Fauna

Abstract

Two new species of Gauromaia from Mindanao Island Philippines are described and illustrated: G. dorsu Medina & Cabras sp. nov. and G. purpurea Medina & Cabras sp. nov. In total, seven species of the genus are distributed in the Philippine archipelago, five of which are known on Mindanao Island. An updated key to the species in the Philippines and species distribution is also included.