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Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter  (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuanxi Rd., Haidian, 100080 Beijing, P. R. China Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Rd., Shijingshan, 100039 Beijing, P. R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Beisihuanxi Rd., Haidian, 100080 Beijing, P. R. China
Coleoptera Histeridae Paromalini new species new records China

Abstract

This paper reviews the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera, Histeridae) of China. Five new species are described: Carcinops penatii Zhang & Zhou, n. sp. from Sichuan, Platylomalus inflexus Zhang & Zhou, n. sp. and Eulomalus rugosus Zhang & Zhou, n. sp. from Hainan, Paromalus acutangulus Zhang & Zhou, n. sp. from Yunnan, and Paromalus tibetanus Zhang & Zhou, n. sp. from Xizang. The genus Diplostix Bickhardt and nine species of this and other genera are recorded for the first time in China. They are Diplostix vicaria (Cooman, 1935), Pachylomalus deficiens Cooman, 1933, Platylomalus submetallicus (Lewis, 1892), Platylomalus tonkinensis (Cooman, 1937), Eulomalus amplipes Cooman, 1937, Eulomalus pupulus Cooman, 1937, Eulomalus seitzi Cooman, 1941, Eulomalus vermicipygus Cooman, 1937, Paromalus parallelepipedus (Herbst, 1792). According to our study, the Chinese fauna of the tribe Paromalini is now comprised of six genera and twenty-seven species. Keys to these genera and species are presented. The taxonomic position of Pachylomalus deficiens Cooman is discussed. All the type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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