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Issue: Vol. 4544 No. 1: 10 Jan. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.10
Page range: 144–150
Abstract views: 163
PDF downloaded: 3

Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Cucujus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cucujidae) from China

College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
Coleoptera saproxylic beetles Oriental region Xizang Cucujoidea flat bark beetles

Abstract

Cucujus costatus Zhao & Zhang, new species is described from Guangdong, China. This new species can be easily recognized by the longitudinal elevated carinae on elytra and its strongly convex eyes. Additional records for C. kempi Grouvelle, 1913 and C. elongatus Lee & Pütz, 2008 are added. A key to the known Chinese species of Cucujus Fabricius is given.

 

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