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Issue: Vol. 1483 No. 1: 28 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1483.1.2
Page range: 33–39
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Itagonia Reitter (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Tibet, China

Key Laboratory of Environment Science and Biology Conservation of Sichuan, Institute of Rare Animals & Plants, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Itagonia new species identification key Tibet China

Abstract

Two new species of Itagonia Reitter, 1887, I. cordiformis, sp. nov. and I. zayica, sp. nov. are described from Tibet, China. A key to 7 known species of Itagonia from Tibet and Sichuan is given.

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