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Issue: Vol. 4614 No. 3: 11 Jun. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.3.11
Page range: 593–599
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Pelthydrus (s. str.) Orchymont, 1919 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae: Laccobiini)

Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenhe Distr., Shenyang 110016, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Shenyang Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenhua Road 72, Shenhe Distr., Shenyang 110016, China.
Coleoptera Hydrophilidae water scavenger beetles Pelthydrus new species

Abstract

Pelthydrus schoenmanni sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) belonging to the Pelthydrus jendeki species group is described from Yunnan Province, China. Like other species of genus, it is known from streams. A revised key to the Pelthydrus jendeki group, the description, and genital illustration of this species are provided. 

 

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    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.12