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Issue: Vol. 4126 No. 2: 17 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.9
Page range: 287–294
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Rhyzodiastes (Temoana) xii sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Rhysodidae: Clinidiini),
a new species from Hainan Island, China

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Rhysodidae Clinidiini Rhyzodiastes Temoana taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Rhyzodiastes (Temoana) xii sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Rhysodidae: Clinidiini) is described from Hainan Island, China. Important morphological characters of the new species are illustrated. An updated key to nine species of of the R. (T.) singularis species-group is compiled so as to include the new species.

 

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