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Issue: Vol. 3012 No. 1: 1 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3012.1.6
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Oocyclus Sharp from China with a revised key to the genus for mainland Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Institute of Entomology, Life Science School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China
Coleoptera Aquatic beetles hygropetric habitats Oriental Region

Abstract

Two new species of water scavenger beetles, Oocyclus fikaceki Short & Jia sp. n. and O. dinghu Short & Jia sp. n. are described from Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi Provinces in southeastern China. A revised key to the species of the genus in Indochina and surrounding mainland regions is presented.

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