NEW PLATYPODIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM THE MOUNTAIN FORESTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The very limited amount of information on the montane platypodid fauna of Papua New Guinea is summarized. As part of this fauna one new species of Baiocis and twenty-five new species of Platypus are described. New species described are : Baiocis nubilosus, Platypus ambiguus, P. aspicis, P. bipyramidus, P. caelestis, P. capitilanatus, P. dobunabae, P. echinatus, P. evanidinervius, P. galbulimimae, P. glochideus, P. gongylodes, P. grumosus, P. ivagaii, P. lingulatus, P. margaritaceus, P. parapetax, P. partibilis, P. petalinus, P. pulvinatus, P. ramosissimus, P. rarnulosus, P. refractus, P. sellaeformis, P. torulosus, P. turriformis