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Issue: Vol. 5182 No. 3: 6 Sept. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.3
Page range: 247-264
Abstract views: 394
PDF downloaded: 22

Taxonomic notes on the Chinese endemic genus Straneostichus Sciaky, 1994 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), with descriptions of three new species

College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, P. R. China
College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China.
3Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.
Coleoptera ground beetles taxonomy new species China

Abstract

A total of eleven species and two subspecies are recognized within the Chinese endemic genus Straneostichus Sciaky, 1994 (Carabidae: Pterostichini), including three new species described in the present paper: Straneostichus politus sp. nov. (Sichuan: Wolong), Straneostichus liupanensis sp. nov. (Ningxia: Liupanshan) and Straneostichus ganqingensis sp. nov. (Qinghai: Mengda and Gansu: Dangchang). Taxonomical notes and new distribution records for all the known species are provided, along with an updated key to the species of Straneostichus.

 

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