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Issue: Vol. 4845 No. 4: 4 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.8
Page range: 585–592
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 6

Discovery of the genus Cycloxenus Arrow, 1925 (Coleoptera, Euxestidae) in mainland China, with the description of a new species

College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Zhengzhou Foreign Language School-New Fengyang Campus, 66 Cuizhu Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Can­berra, ACT 2601, Australia.
College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Coleoptera Cerylonidae China new species termitophily Odontotermes taxonomy

Abstract

The termitophilous genus Cycloxenus Arrow (Coleoptera, Euxestidae) is reported from mainland China for the first time. A new species, Cycloxenus guangxiensis sp. nov., is described from Guangxi Province, China. The new species lives in nests of a fungus-growing termite (Odontotermes sp.) where it can be collected in the fungus gardens of the termite colony. The new species is compared with its congeners and new biological information for the genus Cycloxenus is provided. An identification key to all known Cycloxenus species is also provided.

 

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