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Issue: Vol. 2118 No. 1: 27 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2118.1.4
Page range: 53–64
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

Five new species of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from China and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A–1010 Wien, Austria
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
Coleoptera taxonomy faunistics new species China Thailand Laos

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are described from China (Pelthydrus grossus sp. nov., P. subgrossus sp. nov., P. longifolius sp. nov., P. rosa sp. nov. and P. yulinensis sp. nov.); all belong to the Pelthydrus jendeki species group. Their distribution in China and adjacent countries (Thailand, Laos) is presented.

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