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Issue: Vol. 5785 No. 1: 27 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.1.6
Page range: 152-163
Abstract views: 20
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Descriptions of pupae of five Pimeliinae species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Alxa Plateau, China

School of Agriculture; Ningxia University; Yinchuan 750021; China.
School of Life Sciences; Ningxia University; Yinchuan 750021; China.
School of Life Sciences; Ningxia University; Yinchuan 750021; China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; School of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China.
School of Agriculture; Ningxia University; Yinchuan 750021; China.
Coleoptera Darkling beetles morphology immature stages identification key Eastern Palaearctic

Abstract

The pupal stages of five Pimeliine species occurring in the Alxa Plateau are described and illustrated in detail: Anatolica mucronata Reitter, 1889 (Tentyriini Eschscholtz, 1831), Mantichorula grandis Semenow, 1893 (Pimeliini Latreille, 1802), Trigonocnera pseudopimelia pseudopimelia (Reitter, 1889) (Pimeliini Latreille, 1802), Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889 (Pimeliini Latreille, 1802), and Cyphogenia chinensis (Faldermann, 1835) (Akidini Billberg, 1820).

 

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How to Cite

Shen, G.-H., Zhang, J.-Y., Yu, Y.-Z., Ren, G.-D. & Jia, L. (2026) Descriptions of pupae of five Pimeliinae species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Alxa Plateau, China. Zootaxa, 5785 (1), 152–163. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.1.6