Description of a new species of Sinocaulus Fairmaire from China (Coleoptera: Dascillidae)

Zhenyu Jin; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI; WENKAI WANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.9

Issue: Vol. 3974 No. 4: 24 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.9

Page range: 582–588

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**Description of a new species of Sinocaulus Fairmaire from China (Coleoptera: Dascillidae)**

Zhenyu Jin⁺⁻
ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI⁺⁻
WENKAI WANG⁺⁻

Institute of Entomology, Agricultural College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australian National Insect Collection, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

Institute of Entomology, Agricultural College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China.

Oriental region taxonomy Dascillinae Dascilloidea

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Abstract

A new species of the genus Sinocaulus Fairmaire, 1878, S. truncatus sp. nov., is described from Guizhou, China. Based on the strongly protuberant eyes, the new species is similar to S. omiensis Jin, Ślipiński & Pang, 2013 from Sichuan, but differs from that species in the truncate phallobase of the aedeagus and ventral lobes slightly shorter than dorsal lobe. Distributional data and a key to all four species of Sinocaulus are provided.