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Issue: Vol. 1933 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1933.1.4
Page range: 33–42
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species and new subgenus of the Genus Elaphrus from North China, with cladistic analysis of taxa of the tribe Elaphrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Southwest Forestry College, Kunming 650224, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Coleoptera Carabidae Elaphrus new species new subgenus phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

A new subgenus Sinoelaphrus new subgenus of Elaphrus is described based on a new species from north China, E. angulonotus new species (type locality: Beijing, Haidian, Yangtaishan, 205m). The new species is different from other members of the genus in having a prominent lateral angle on the pronotum and one seta on each angle. Cladistic analysis of the seven genera and subgenera of Elaphrini confirms the phylogenetic status of the new subgenus.

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