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Issue: Vol. 1561 No. 1: 27 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1561.1.2
Page range: 53–61
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

New records of the genera Acerentulus and Brasilidia (Protura: Acerentomidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, P. R. China
Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
Protura Acerentomidae Acerentulus Brasilidia new species China

Abstract

Two new species, Acerentulus sinensis sp. nov. and Brasilidia jilinensis sp. nov., from Jilin Province, northeastern China, are described and illustrated in the present paper. All specimens are deposited in Shanghai Entomological Museum (SEM), Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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