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Issue: Vol. 5792 No. 2: 13 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.2.6
Page range: 338-354
Abstract views: 148
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A new species and molecular phylogeny of the Platycerus bashanicus species group (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) endemic to China

Anhui Agricultural University; Department of Forestry; School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture; 130 Changjiang West Road; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Anhui Agricultural University; Department of Forestry; School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture; 130 Changjiang West Road; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Anhui Agricultural University; Department of Forestry; School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture; 130 Changjiang West Road; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Wanfo Mountain State-owned Forest Farm; Xiaotian; Shucheng; Lu’an; Anhui 231350; China.
The University of Tokyo; Laboratory of Forest Zoology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; 1-1-1 Yayoi; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8657; Japan.; Heisei International University; Faculty of Information Design; 2000 Mizubuka Odateno; Kazo; Saitama 374-8504; Japan.
Coleoptera Platycerus dabiemontanus new species Dabie Mountains Anhui Province COI ITS2

Abstract

A new species in the Platycerus bashanicus species group, Platycerus dabiemontanus Zhang & Kubota, sp. nov., is described from Anhui Province, China. The molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS2 sequences indicates a close relationship of this new species with P. yeren Imura, 2008 and P. canae Imura, 2010. Significant mito-nuclear discordance observed between populations suggests the occurrence of mitochondrial gene introgression. This study extends the eastern distribution limit of the P. bashanicus group by 500 km and represents the first record of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762 from Anhui Province.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, S.-N., Xia, Z.-Y., Zhao, J.-C., Su, C.-H. & Kubota, K. (2026) A new species and molecular phylogeny of the Platycerus bashanicus species group (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) endemic to China. Zootaxa, 5792 (2), 338–354. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5792.2.6