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Issue: Vol. 4344 No. 1: 6 Nov. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.11
Page range: 174–180
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 4

Discovery of the genus Lebioderus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from China, with description of two new species

Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
The Kyushu University Museum, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, 812-8581 Japan
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Coleoptera Carabidae Paussinae

Abstract

The rare paussine genus Lebioderus Westwood, 1838 is reported from China for the first time, based on two new species, L. sinicus Song & Maruyama sp. nov. and L. maolanus Song & Maruyama sp. nov. The type series of L. sinicus was collected from nests of Carebara Westwood, 1840 ants, which is also a first host record for Lebioderus.

 

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