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Issue: Vol. 3318 No. 1: 21 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3318.1.4
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 7

Three new species of Anchocerus Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), with an updated key to Chinese species

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Anchocerus key China new species

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Anchocerus Fauvel, A. pengzhongi & Li, sp. n.(Guangxi), A. yunnanensis Hu & Li, sp. n. (Yunnan) and A. yini Hu & Li, sp. n. (Yunnan) are described and illustrated from Southwest China. A key to all seven known species of the genus from China is provided.

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