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Issue: Vol. 5257 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.14
Page range: 178-186
Abstract views: 380
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A new earwig species of the genus Liparura Burr, 1907 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) from China

1College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.
2Department of Biology, Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8521, Japan.
1College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.
3Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Dermaptera Skendylinae Liparura chongqingensis sp. nov. taxonomy Chongqing

Abstract

A new earwig species of the genus Liparura Burr, 1907 of the family Forficulidae, namely L. chongqingensis sp. nov., is described from Chongqing, southwestern China. The new species is characterized by the male forceps basally approached to each other, and each with a small tooth protruding dorsad. A key to the species of Liparura is provided.

 

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