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Issue: Vol. 1913 No. 1: 24 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1913.1.2
Page range: 36–48
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 11

The species of the genus Athousius Reitter, 1905 of China, and re-establishment of the genus Thacana Fleutiaux, 1936 (Insecta: Coleoptera, Elateridae)

Wiesenstraße 6, D-66957 Vinningen, Germany
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland
Coleoptera entomology taxonomy Elateridae Athousius new species Thacana bona gen. China

Abstract

The species of the genus Athousius Reitter, 1905 from China are revised, described, illustrated, a key to species is given, and some systematic characters are discussed. The genus Thacana Fleutiaux, 1936 is re-established as a bona gen. and is excluded from the Chinese fauna in this paper. The following species are introduced as new to science: Athousius gansuensis sp. n., A. jiuzhaigonensis sp. n., A. muyupingensis sp. n., and A. shaanxiensis sp. n.

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