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Issue: Vol. 4852 No. 2: 15 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.8
Page range: 231–238
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 11

Two new species of the genus Zaitzevia Champion, 1923 from China (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Macronychini)

College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Coleoptera Elmidae Macronychini new species Sichuan Province China

Abstract

Two new riffle beetles of the genus Zaitzevia Champion, 1923: Z. chenzhitengi sp. nov. from Sichuan Province and Z. xiongzichuni sp. nov. from Yunnan Province are described from China. Habitus and other diagnostic features of the new species are described and illustrated. Habitat information and collection data of the new species are also provided.

 

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