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Issue: Vol. 3255 No. 1: 3 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3255.1.4
Page range: 57–61
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 4

First record of Ancyronyx Erichson (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from China, with description of a new species

State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Coleoptera Elmidae Ancyronyx new species China

Abstract

Ancyronyx Erichson is recorded from China for the first time and a new species, Ancyronyx yunju sp. nov., is described from Jiangxi Province, China.

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