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Issue: Vol. 1375 No. 1: 7 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1375.1.4
Page range: 59-68
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 4

Descriptions of two new species of Pseudocossonus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from mainland China with a key to the world species

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China State Key Laboratory of IMPIR of China, 25 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing 100080, China
Division of Entomology University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite #140l, Lawrence, KS 66049-2811 USA
Coleoptera Pseudocossonus shanghaiensis P. yunnanensis new species taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species, Pseudocossonus shanghaiensis sp. nov. and P. yunnanensis sp. nov., from China are described. A key to all eight species of Pseudocossonus in the world, including P. acer from Java, P. brachypus from Japan, P. brevitarsis from Japan, P. dimidiatus from New Guinea, P. nigripes from East India and P. planatus from China (Taiwan) and Japan, is presented. Illustrations of diagnostic features of the new species are provided.

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