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Issue: Vol. 4109 No. 3: 9 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.6
Page range: 359–371
Abstract views: 111
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae from China (Dermaptera, Forficulidae), with new synonymies and combinations

School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. Shanghai Entomology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Shanghai Entomology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Dermaptera Opisthocosmiinae new species China

Abstract

This article contains descriptions of three new species of Chinese Dermaptera: Timomenus bicolor sp. nov. from Xizang, Timomenus bii sp. nov. from Yunnan and Cordax serratus sp. nov. from Guangxi. Four new specific synonymies and three new combinations are proposed. We also emend the generic diagnosis of Mesolabia Shiraki, 1906 by providing characteristics of the male. Keys to the species of Timomenus, Cordax and Mesolabia from China are provided.

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