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Issue: Vol. 5786 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.36
Page range: 433-440
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 14

New species and new records of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; Hebei; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; Hebei; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; Hebei; China; Museum of Hebei University; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; Hebei; China
Coleoptera darkling beetles Leprocaulus Oriental Region Stenochiinae

Abstract

Two new species of the subgenus Leprocaulus Fairmaire, 1896 within the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 from China are described and figured: H. (L.) medogensis sp. nov. (Xizang), and H. (L.) umbratus sp. nov. (Yunnan). New records of its congeners are also given and figured: H. (L.) binhanus (Pic, 1922) and H. (L.) pacholatkoi Bečvář & Purchart, 2008 are reported as new to China (Yunnan); H. (L.) bisinuatus Ren & Xu, 2011 is reported from Chongqing and Guangxi for the first time; and H. (L.) nanlingensis Jiang, Li, Ji, Engel & Wang, 2021 is reported from Guangxi for the first time. All Chinese species of the subgenus Leprocaulus are keyed.

 

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How to Cite

Ji, Q.-Y., Ren, G.-D. & Bai, X.-L. (2026) New species and new records of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from China. Zootaxa, 5786 (1), 433–440. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.36