Abstract
This paper deals with 9 species of the genus Kuzicus from China and supplies information on examined specimens, in which one new species Kuzicus (Kuzicus) bicurvus Cui & Shi sp. nov. is described and illustrated as well as characteristic photographs of five known species from China are provided.
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We are grateful to the collectors for the specimens. This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31372232, 31672259, 31872268).
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