Abstract
A new species of Paracrossidius Balthasar, 1932 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from China is described and compared with similar species. Paracrossidius was originally described as a monotypic subgenus based on the type species Aphodius (Paracrossidius) instigator Balthasar, 1932 from Sichuan Province, China. Paracrossidius is currently considered a genus with 10 previously described species, most of which inhabit various parts of China (Dellacasa et al. 2016).
References
Balthasar, V. (1932) Neue Scarabaeiden aus Szetshwan und Transbaikalien. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt, 6, 30–43.
Dellacasa, M. & Dellacasa, G., Král, D. & Bezděk, A. (2016) Tribe Aphodiini Leach, 1815. In: Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, volume 3. Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dasciloidea – Buprestoidea – Byrrhoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 98–155.