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Issue: Vol. 5315 No. 3: 10 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.3.5
Page range: 271-281
Abstract views: 253
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The first Asian species of Polycaon Castelnau, and a new montane species of Melalgus Dejean from China (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Polycaoninae)

Department of Science Communication; National Pingtung University- Pingshi Campus; No.1; Linsen Rd; Pingtung City; Pingtung County 90049; Taiwan
161/2 Mu 5; Soi Wat Pranon; T. Donkaew; A. Maerim; Chiangmai 50180; Thailand
Coleoptera Melalgus Polycaon new species new synonymy key to species China oriental region

Abstract

We describe Polycaon sinensis sp. n., the first Asian species of this otherwise American genus, and Melalgus plesiobatillus sp. n., from the same montane locality in China (Zhejiang). The following new synonym is proposed: Melalgus batillus (Lesne) (=Melalgus japonicum Chûjô syn. n.). We comment on the species, Melalgus borneensis (Lesne) sensu Borowski & Węgrzynowicz (2012), and provide a key to the Chinese species of Polycaoninae.

 

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