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Issue: Vol. 4851 No. 1: 9 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.1.9
Page range: 180–188
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

Notes on the Chinese fauna of Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae), with description of a new species of Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898

College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
Viale Venezia 45, Brescia, 2512, Italy.
Wilds of Insects Cultural and Creative Limited, Wusibei Thaihot Plaza, Jinan District, Fuzhou, 350000, Fujian, China.
College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea Hybosoridae Cwratocanthinae taxonomy new species sexual dimorphism bursal sclerites Yunnan China

Abstract

The genus Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Ceratocanthinae) is recorded for the first time from China and Eusphaeropeltis chenchaomingi Jiang, Ballerio, Guo & Wang, new species is described from Yunnan Province. Habitus and diagnostic features of the adult of the new species are described and illustrated. Details of Eusphaeropeltis male and female genitalia are illustrated for the first time. All known Chinese species of the subfamily Ceratocanthinae are listed and a distribution map is provided.

 

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