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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 3: 10 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.2
Page range: 350–360
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 4

Revision of the genus Sinobathyscia Perreau (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from China, with description of a new species

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic
IUT Paris Diderot, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, case 7139, 5 rue Thomas Mann, F-75205 Paris cedex 13, France
Room 401, 280 Lane, Lixi Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
Coleoptera Leiodidae Cholevinae Leptodirini Sinobathyscia taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Sinobathyscia tianma sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini) is described from Shanghai, China. The genus Sinobathyscia is redescribed with respect to the discovery of the male. Relevant morphological characters of the species examined are illustrated with colour plates, and their known distributions are mapped.

 

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