Fifteen new species of the genus Trichodesma LeConte, 1861 from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae).

The following fifteen new species: Trichodesma assamensis sp. nov. (India); T. bendai sp. nov. (India); T. chumphonica sp. nov. (Thailand); T. horaki sp. nov. (Thailand); T. klarae sp. nov. (India); T. lueeri (Thailand); T. meghalayaensis sp. nov. (India); T. oborili sp. nov. (Thailand); T. petrae sp. nov. (Malaysia); T. pici sp. nov. (Thailand); T. prudeki sp. nov. (Thailand); T. sonae sp. nov. (Laos); T. thailandica sp. nov. (Thailand); T. trimaculata sp. nov. (Thailand); T. tryznai sp. nov. (India) are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]