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Issue: Vol. 2064 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2064.1.3
Page range: 27–38
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China

Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Promethis new species new record Hainan Island

Abstract

The genus Promethis Pascoe on Hainan Island, China is reviewed. One new species is described under the name P. crassihornis sp. nov., and one species newly recorded in China, P. oshimana (Miwa), is reported. A key to the species of the genus Promethis on Hainan Island is included.

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