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Issue: Vol. 1333 No. 1: 12 Oct. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1333.1.4
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 5

One new species of the genus Neotriplax (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from China

College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Coleoptera Erotylidae Neotriplax new species China

Abstract

One new species of the genus Neotriplax Lewis (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), N. minima sp. nov., from China is described in this paper. It can be distinguished from N. arisana Miwa by body length less than 4.0mm, head black with basal area brown, sparsely punctured; posterior border of pronotum strongly narrowed backwards, with a narrow lobe in the middle. Compound eye, stridulatory file, terminal segment of antenna and maxillary palpus are illustrated as scanning electron micrographs. Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, China.

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