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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-18
Page range: 597–600
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Paracrossidius radekcervenkai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), a new species from China

Na Strži 59/1194, 140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; deceased
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Aphodiinae China

Abstract

A new species of Paracrossidius Balthasar, 1932 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from China is described and compared with similar species. Paracrossidius was originally described as a monotypic subgenus based on the type species Aphodius (Paracrossidius) instigator Balthasar, 1932 from Sichuan Province, China. Paracrossidius is currently considered a genus with 10 previously described species, most of which inhabit various parts of China (Dellacasa et al. 2016).

References

  1. Balthasar, V. (1932) Neue Scarabaeiden aus Szetshwan und Transbaikalien. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt, 6, 30–43.

    Dellacasa, M. & Dellacasa, G., Král, D. & Bezděk, A. (2016) Tribe Aphodiini Leach, 1815. In: Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, volume 3. Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dasciloidea – Buprestoidea – Byrrhoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 98–155.