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Issue: Vol. 3564 No. 1: 27 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3564.1.4
Page range: 47–53
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of the genus Allochotes (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae) from Taiwan

Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi 3–5–7, Matsuyama, 790-8566 Japan
Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi 3–5–7, Matsuyama, 790-8566 Japan
Coleoptera Allochotes new species taxonomy Taiwan inflated condition of aedeagus

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Allochotes which have remarkable marking on elytra, A. choui sp. nov. and A. yichei sp. nov., are described from Taiwan. The aedeagus in an inflated condition is considered a worthy characteristic for the taxonomic study of the genus and a method for the observation of an inflated aedeagus is introduced.

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