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Issue: Vol. 4822 No. 3: 6 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.3.8
Page range: 434–438
Abstract views: 127
PDF downloaded: 7

One new species and one newly recorded species in the subgenus Myothorax Murray, 1864 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae: Carpophilus)

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
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 Cucujoidea morphology stored product beetles taxonomy

Abstract

One new species, Carpophilus (Myothorax) brunneus sp. nov., and one newly recorded species, Carpophilus (Myothorax) nepos Murray, 1864, are described or redescribed from China, photographed, and illustrated in detail.

 

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