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Published: 2005-09-13
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Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 10. A new species of the genus Platydracus Thomson, 1858

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Staphylininae Palaearctic Platydracus taxonomy new species

Abstract

Platydracus juang Smetana, sp. nov., similar and closely related to the Japanese species Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000, is described from one specimen taken in the province of Fujian.

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