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Published: 2026-04-01
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New species and new records of Cryptarchinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Museum of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Museum of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Department of Entomology; National Museum; CZ-193 00 Praha 9—Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Museum of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Museum of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Coleoptera Nitiduloidea Nitidulidae Cryptarchinae morphology distribution China

Abstract

New species Glischrochilus (Librodor) parvorubellus sp. nov. from China and Nepal is described and illustrated. Two additional genus-group taxa, Glischrochilus s. str. and Eucalosphaera Jelínek, 1978, as well as eight species of the subfamily Cryptarchinae, i.e. Glischrochilus (Glischrochilus) cruciatus (Motschulsky, 1860), Cryptarcha strigata (Fabricius, 1787), C. dubia Grouvelle, 1890, Eucalosphaera feae (Grouvelle, 1892), E. grouvellei Kirejtshuk, 1987, E. oculipennis Kirejtshuk, 1994, E. ocularis (Reitter, 1875), and E. rufescens Kirejtshuk, 1987 are reported from China for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Xu, Q., Zhang, H., Jelínek, J., He, W.-H. & Huang, M. (2026) New species and new records of Cryptarchinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5786 (1), 535–546. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.47