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Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-31
Page range: 557–566
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New and little known species of Zorotypus Silvestri (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae) from China

Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.
Zoraptera Zorotypidae new species China

Abstract

A new species of the insect order Zoraptera, Zorotypus hainanensis sp. n., is described from southern China based on apterous adults, which represents a fourth species of the genus in China. Additional collection data for Z. medoensis Hwang in Xizang (= Tibet) is provided. Illustrations of the major diagnostic features of both the new species and Z. medoensis are provided, and their taxonomic placements are briefly discussed.