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Issue: Vol. 4802 No. 2: 23 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.2.4
Page range: 294–300
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Two new species in the mycophagous genus Pocadius Erichson, 1843 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujoidea Oriental region morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Two new Pocadius species, P. tenebrosus sp. nov. and P. zhangjiajieensis sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwestern and south-central China. Diagnostic characters of the new species and related species are discussed.

 

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