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Issue: Vol. 4668 No. 2: 10 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.2.7
Page range: 271–276
Abstract views: 137
PDF downloaded: 7

Eustra yinggelingensis sp. nov., a new flanged bombardier beetle from Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Hainan, China with contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Eustra species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae)

Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Research Center for Eco-Enviromental Engineering, Innovation College, Mianyang Normal University, 166 Mianxing West Road, Mianyang, 621000, P. R. China.
Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Baisha Li Autonomous County, 572800, P. R. China.
Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China. E-mails: maoshuwuyouzhi@163.com
Coleoptera Adephaga Ozaenini Eustrina taxonomy tropical species

Abstract

A new species of flanged bombardier beetle form Hainan Island, China, Eustra yinggelingensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae, Ozaenini) is described. The new species was collected in rotten wood from Yinggeling Nature Reserve. Habitus and diagnostic features of the new species are illustrated. List, key and distribution map of all known Chinese Eustra species are given.

 

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