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Issue: Vol. 5256 No. 4: 21 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.4
Page range: 358-370
Abstract views: 254
PDF downloaded: 42

New and poorly known species of the genus Brachyllus Brenske, 1896 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China

1College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China.
2Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou 350012, PR China. 3College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
2Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou 350012, PR China.
5Building 26, Yinyicun, Liexi Street, Meilie District, Sanming 365000, PR China.
Coleoptera Chafers Rhizotrogini new species new status new record Himalaya

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Brachyllus Brenske, 1896 are described from China including Brachyllus songhaitiani Zhao, Qi, Su & Liao, new species from Fujian and Jiangxi, B. dongzhiweii Zhao, new species from Xizang and B. tangzhaoyangi Zhao, new species from Guangxi. Brachyllus langeri Keith, 2008 is downgraded to a subspecies of B. rougeriei Keith, 2003 and reported from China for the first time. Newly collected material of B. deuveianus Keith, 2003 allows better definition of its variability. A distribution map for this genus is also presented.

 

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