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Issue: Vol. 1923 No. 1: 5 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1923.1.5
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 6

New data on the genus Ascaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of China

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Building 1-323, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Building 1-323, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Building 1-323, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Coleoptera Coleoptera Staphylinidae Ascaphium new species new records identification key China

Abstract

Three species of genus Ascaphium are recorded from China, including Ascaphium longlingense He, Tang & Li, sp. nov. and A. ingentis He, Tang & Li, sp. nov. from Yunnan Province. The male of Ascaphium alticola Löbl is discovered and described for the first time. A key to Ascaphium species of China is provided.

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