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Issue: Vol. 1176 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1176.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 8

Description of a new species of Micrencaustes (subgenus Mimencaustes Heller) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Encaustini) from China

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Coleoptera Erotylidae Micrencaustes Mimencaustes new species China

Abstract

The subgenus Mimencaustes Heller is recorded from mainland China for the first time. One new species, Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) acridentata sp. nov., is described in this paper. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.

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