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Issue: Vol. 5760 No. 3: 24 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5760.3.7
Page range: 394-400
Abstract views: 39
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A record of Cerapeplus Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Micropeplinae) in the Eastern Himalaya

Laboratory of Systematic Entomology; College of Life Sciences; Shanghai Normal University; Xuhui District; Shanghai 200234; China
Laboratory of Systematic Arthropodology; College of Agronomy; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; Jiangxi; China
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology; College of Life Sciences; Shanghai Normal University; Xuhui District; Shanghai 200234; China
Coleoptera rove beetle taxonomy new species distribution Xizang China

Abstract

The genus Cerapeplus Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988 is reported to occur in the Eastern Himalaya. A new species, Cerapeplus luowaensis Yin, Du & Li sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Za’ri Valley of Lhünzê County, Xizang, China. The discovery brings the species number of this enigmatic lineage of Micropeplinae to three, and considerably expands the distributional range of the genus to the west.

 

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How to Cite

Yin, Z.-W., Du, J.-Z. & Li, L.-Z. (2026) A record of Cerapeplus Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Micropeplinae) in the Eastern Himalaya. Zootaxa, 5760 (3), 394–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.3.7