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Issue: Vol. 4700 No. 3: 20 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.3.3
Page range: 345–355
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of three new species of Paratrichius Janson, 1881 from China and revision of the distribution range of Paratrichius rubrodecoratus (Tesař, 1952) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini)

Corso A. Tassoni 79/4, 10143 Torino, Italy.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing, 100039, China.
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Cetoniinae Paratrichius Oriental Region new species

Abstract

Three new species belonging to the genus Paratrichius Janson, 1881 (Paratrichius adornatus Ricchiardi, new species, Paratrichius tergorufus Ricchiardi, new species, and Paratrichius zonatus Ricchiardi, new species) are described from mainland China, and the distribution range of Paratrichius rubrodecoratus (Tesař, 1952) is clarified and updated.

 

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