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Issue: Vol. 2350 No. 1: 3 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2350.1.6
Page range: 59–65
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924 from Jiangxi, China, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
Coleoptera Hyphydrini Allopachria taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Four species of the genus Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) are currently known to occur in Jiangxi Province, China, two of which, Allopachria wuzhifengensis sp. nov. and Allopachria grandis sp. nov., are described as new to science. Allopachria dudgeoni Wewalka, 2000 is recorded from Jiangxi for the first time. Descriptions, diagnosis and illustrations of new species are given.

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