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Issue: Vol. 5528 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.11
Page range: 125-132
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 87

A new species of genus Homotechnes Candèze, 1882 from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Hypnoidinae)

Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction; Mianyang Normal University; Mianxing West Road; 621000; Mianyang; Sichuan; China.
Plant Protection Research Center; Shenzhen Polytechnic University; 518055; Shenzhen; China
Coleoptera Homotechnes choui sp. nov. new species guangxi China Hypnoidini Hypnoidinae click-beetle taxonomy

Abstract

Homotechnes choui sp. nov., a new species from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. An updated key and list of Chinese Homotechnes species, with corrected or supplementary distribution data, are provided.

 

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