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Issue: Vol. 4612 No. 4: 31 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.5
Page range: 533–543
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 6

A new Platambus from Sichuan, with new records of species of the P. sawadai group from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae)

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9–Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.
Sichuan Xiao-zhaizigou National Nature Reserve, No. 11, Wenchuan Road, Yongchang Town, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang City, Sichuan, P. R. China
Coleoptera Dytiscidae Agabinae Platambus sawadai group Palaearctic region China new species new records

Abstract

Platambus binliui sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the P. sawadai species group sensu Nilsson (2000). The new species differs from other species of this group by the larger body, punctation of the dorsal surface and shape of male genitalia. New records of members of the P. sawadai group from China are provided: Platambus micropunctatus Nilsson, 2003 (Guangdong), P. punctatipennis Brancucci, 1984 (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), P. regulae Brancucci, 1991 (Yunnan), representing a new species for Chinese fauna, and P. wangi Brancucci, 2006 (Hubei). Habitus and median lobe photographs for all mentioned species are provided.

 

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