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Issue: Vol. 2573 No. 1: 23 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2573.1.3
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 3

Three new species of Itagonia Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Sichuan, China

Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, Institute of Rare Animals & Plants, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China
Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, Institute of Rare Animals & Plants, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China
Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, Institute of Rare Animals & Plants, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Itagonia new species identification key Sichuan China

Abstract

Three new species of Itagonia Reitter, 1887, I. tuberculata, sp. nov., I. xinlongensis, sp. nov. and I. medvedevi, sp. nov. are described from Sichuan, China. The formerly unknown female of I. elegans Medvedev, 1998 is described for the first time. A key to the known species of Itagonia from China is given.

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