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Issue: Vol. 2169 No. 1: 28 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2169.1.5
Page range: 55–62
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the genus Agnaptoria Reitter from Xizang, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Agnaptoria new species Xizang China

Abstract

The genus Agnaptoria Reitter (1887) from China is studied and a new species is reported, A. nigripes sp. nov. (CHINA, Xizang). The formerly unknown male of A. amdoensis Medvedev (2006) is described for the first time; also, the poorly known male of A. markama Shi & Ren (2005) is redescribed.

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