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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.5
Page range: 79-94
Abstract views: 95
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Integrative COI and morphological analyses: Revision of the Odontolabis platynota (Hope, 1845) species complex (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam

Fujian Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Institute of Conservation and Utilization of Natural Bioresources; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests; Fujian Province University; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
School of Geoscience and Technology; Southwest Petroleum University; Chengdu 610500; China
Fujian Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Institute of Conservation and Utilization of Natural Bioresources; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests; Fujian Province University; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests; Fujian Province University; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China
Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
Coleoptera stag beetle Odontolabini phylogeny morphology Indochina Peninsula Vietnamese Central Highlands taxonomy

Abstract

In this study, Odontolabis taynguyensis Xin, Zhong & Qi, sp. nov., is described from central Vietnam based on morphological and mitochondrial COI gene evidence. The new species could be distinguished from related species by external characters. Phylogenetic analysis supports designating O. platynota coomani (Didier, 1927) as a junior synonym of O. p. platynota (Hope, 1845), as both genetic distance and tree topology demonstrate that O. p. coomani is nested within the O. p. platynota clade and lacks an independent lineage.

 

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How to Cite

Xin, F.-Y., Zhong, X.-T., Li, C., Li, X.-Q., Qi, Z.-H. & Wu, H. (2025) Integrative COI and morphological analyses: Revision of the Odontolabis platynota (Hope, 1845) species complex (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5673 (1), 79–94. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.5