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Issue: Vol. 1270 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1270.1.3
Page range: 35–43
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of a new species, Tarchius yunnanensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae), from China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China Korean Entomological Institute, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China State Key Laboratory of IMPIR of China, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China
Coleoptera Curculionidae Cossoninae Tarchius yunnanensis new species Yunnan China

Abstract

Tarchius yunnanensis sp. nov. is described from Yunnan Province, China. The genus is reported for the first time in China. A key to the species of Tarchius is presented, and illustrations of diagnostic features of the new species are provided.

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