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Issue: Vol. 2230 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2230.1.5
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomy of Trigonocnera Reitter, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

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 Trigonocnera new species

Abstract

The genus Trigonocnera Reitter is reviewed. One new species is described under the name T. granulata sp. nov., and one subspecies in China, T. pseudopimelia pseudopimelia, is redescribed. A key to the species of the genus Trigonocnera is included.

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