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Issue: Vol. 1510 No. 1: 18 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1510.1.3
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 5

Taxonomic notes on some Chinese species of Neolucanus Thomson and  Prismognathus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beisihuanxilu, Haidian District, 100080 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”, via Romana, 17, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Coleoptera Lucanidae new synonyms abnormality Neolucanus Prismognathus

Abstract

Two new synonyms are proposed for Chinese Lucanidae: Neolucanus montanus Kriesche, 1935 = Neolucanus aterrimus Weinreich, 1959 new synonym and Prismognathus platycephalus (Hope, 1842) = Prismognathus branczicki Nonfried, 1905 new synonym. Some observations on the abnormality of the holotype of Prismognathus klapperichi Bomans, 1989 and the similarities between this species and Prismognathus dauricus (Motschulsky, 1860) are discussed.

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