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Issue: Vol. 5786 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.23
Page range: 250-255
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Two new species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Xizang, China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Coleoptera net-winged beetles alpha taxonomy new species Himalaya

Abstract

Two new species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 are discovered from Xizang, China, and described as P. medogensis sp. nov. and P. yini sp. nov. The description is supported by illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia. The female of P. busynskyi (Bocáková, 1997) is recorded for the first time. A key to the species of Plateros from Xizang is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, C.-T., Fang, C., Yang, Y.-X. & Liu, H.-Y. (2026) Two new species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa, 5786 (1), 250–255. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.23