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Issue: Vol. 5737 No. 4: 29 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.4.5
Page range: 551-564
Abstract views: 126
PDF downloaded: 7

A new species of the genus Prosopocoilus Hope, 1845 from southern Vietnam (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)

College of Forestry; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity; College of Forestry; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
1-2; Xinghua Street; Beijing 102600; China
College of Forestry; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
1072/32 Tran Phu; Loc Chau; Bao Loc 674900; Vietnam
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China
College of Forestry; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity; College of Forestry; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
Coleoptera stag beetle taxonomy Dorcini new species Lam Dong Vietnam

Abstract

In the present study, a new stag beetle, namely Prosopocoilus wangae Qi, Bian & Xin, sp. nov., from Vietnam is described and illustrated. This new species has long been misidentified as the Vietnamese population of P. mysticus mysticus Parry, 1870, but it can be clearly distinguished from the latter by its external details and genital characters. Moreover, an updated checklist of Vietnamese taxa of Prosopocoilus Hope, 1845 is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Qi, Z.-H., Bian, C.-Z., Xin, F.-Y., Dang, van N., Song, H.-T. & Liang, G.-H. (2025) A new species of the genus Prosopocoilus Hope, 1845 from southern Vietnam (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae). Zootaxa, 5737 (4), 551–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.4.5