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Issue: Vol. 4508 No. 3: 1 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.3
Page range: 377–402
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 4

New species of the genus Amphichroum Kraatz, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Amphichroum taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Eleven new species of the genus Amphichroum Kraatz, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China are described and illustrated: A. angustilobatum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Yunnan: Meili Xue Shan), A. assingi Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Yunnan: Hengduan Mountains), A. longilobatum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Sichuan: Erlang Shan), A. maculosum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Yunnan: Diancang Shan), A. propinquum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Sichuan: Gongga Shan), A. schuelkei Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Yunnan: Gaoligong Shan), A. rotundatum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. and A. squamosum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Sichuan: Daxue Shan, Gongga Shan), A. subaequale Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Shaanxi: Qing Ling Shan), A. subelongatum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Sichuan: Erlang Shan, Daxue Shan), and A.tibetanum Shavrin & Smetana, sp.n. (Tibet: Chola Mountains). A key to species known from China and distributional maps of all species are provided.

 

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