New and little known species of the subgenus Aegialia (Silluvia) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Sino-Tibetan mountains

ANDREY V. FROLOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1712.1.2

Issue: Vol. 1712 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2008

Type: Article

Published: 2008-02-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1712.1.2

Page range: 42–48

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**New and little known species of the subgenus Aegialia (Silluvia) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Sino-Tibetan mountains**

ANDREY V. FROLOV⁺⁻

Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, 199034 Sankt-Petersburg, Russia

Coleoptera scarab beetles taxonomy new species distribution China

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Abstract

Three new species of the subgenus Aegialia (Silluvia) Landin, 1949, are described from China: A. (S.) gansuensis, sp. n., A. (S.) igori, sp. n., and A. (S.) yunnanica, sp. n. Notes on the distribution and variability of A. (S.) kabaki Frolov, 2002, are given.

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