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Published: 2023-03-10
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Descriptions of eight new species of Grouvellinus from China (Coleoptera, Elmidae)

1Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
1Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
riffle beetles Coleoptera Yunnan Grouvellinus

Abstract

Eight new species are described from Yunnan, China (Grouvellinus elongatus sp. nov., G. ligulaceus sp. nov., G. lubricus sp. nov., G. macilentus sp. nov., G. nujiangensis sp. nov., G. pengi sp. nov., G. spiculatus sp. nov., G. spnaericus sp. nov.). Habitus, male genitalia photographs, and diagnosis are provided.

 

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