title: A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia.
abstract: The Pediacus Shuckard fauna of Asia and Australasia is revised. Eighteen species are recorded, described and illustrated from the regions and a key to species is provided. Nine new species are described: Pediacus australis sp. nov. (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand), P. carinatus sp. nov. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand), P. fujianensis sp. nov. (China), P. japonicoides sp. nov. (Taiwan); P. leei sp. nov. (Taiwan), P. pendleburyi sp. nov. (Malaysia), P. sinensis sp. nov. (China), P. taiwanensis sp. nov. (Taiwan) and P. thomasi sp. nov. (Taiwan). A checklist of the Pediacus fauna of the world is given, listing a total of 31 species.
authors.affiliation: Entomology Research Museum, Ecology Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, PO Box 85084, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.; Email: john.marris@lincoln.ac.nz.
authors.forename: John W M
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Marris
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.; Email: adam.slipinski@csiro.au.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ślipiński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D044362:Australasia; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male