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Issue: Vol. 3126 No. 1: 12 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3126.1.3
Page range: 39–54
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 4

Notes on Prosopocoilus Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from China, with the description of two new species

503, East, No.1 Dong-ting-hu Road, Qingdao, P.R.China
Technical Center, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, P.R.China
Coleoptera Lucanidae Prosopocoilus Kirchnerius new species new synonym redescription China

Abstract

Prosopocoilus yangi Fukinuki has been rediscovered from central China and is redescribed with male and female genitalia illustrated. A similar species, P. simianshanus new species, is described from Chongqing, central China. Prosopocoilus reni new species is described from Hainan, China. Taxonomic notes are given for Kirchnerius guangxii Schenk, Prosopocoilus astacoides (Hope) and Prosopocoilus duplodentatus Benesh. Three new synonyms are presented: Prosopocoilus Hope = Kirchnerius Schenk new synonym; Prosopocoilus cyclommatoides Lacroix = Kirchnerius guangxii Schenk new synonym; Prosopocoilus oweni melli Kriesche = Prosopocoilus duplodentatus Benesh new synonym.

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