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Issue: Vol. 58 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-22
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.58.1.2
Page range: 8-14
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A new species of the earwig genus Obelura Burr, 1907 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae: Opisthocosmiinae) from China, with a key to species

Guizhou Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Jiangkou, Guizhou Province 554400, China
Guizhou Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Jiangkou, Guizhou Province 554400, China
School of Grain Science and Technology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212004, China
biodiversity new taxon Oriental Region Opisthocosmiinae taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Obelura Burr, 1907, Obelura yunnana sp. nov., is described from Dali City, Yunnan Province, China. The new species is distinguished from its described congeners by the presence of a prominent dorsal tooth near the base of the forceps. This represents the second species of Obelura reported from China. The nomenclatural changes of the following three species previously allocated in the genus Syntonus are proposed: Obelura serrata (Srivastava, 1978) comb. nov.; O. simplex (Srivastava, 1978) comb. nov.; O. venus (Steinmann, 1993) comb. nov.. A key to the Obelura species based on male morphological characters is also provided.

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