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Issue: Vol. 4444 No. 3: 10 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.7
Page range: 327–332
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Homalota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Nanjing, China

College of Life Sciences, Research Center of Biotechnology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University; College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
College of Life Sciences, Research Center of Biotechnology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
Management Office of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum, Nanjing, 210014, China
Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, 410007, China
Forestry Bureau of Changting County, Longyan, 366300, China
Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University; College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Aleocharinae Homalota nanjingensis new species China

Abstract

A new species, Homalota nanjingensis Cao, Ji & Liu, sp. nov. from Jiangsu province of China, is described and illustrated. Photographs of the body and mouthparts, line drawings of the aedeagus and spermatheca are provided.

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