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Issue: Vol. 1642 No. 1: 21 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1642.1.6
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of Chinese species of the genus Denierella Kaszab with a key to the worldwide species (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Coleoptera Meloidae Denierella review new species China

Abstract

The Oriental genus Denierella Kaszab is reviewed with description of a new species, D. striolata sp. nov., from Yunnan Province and re-description of two other Chinese species. A key to the world species of this genus is provided.

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