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Issue: Vol. 5528 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.13
Page range: 153-163
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 86

Four new species of the Mesolycus ilyai species group (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; School of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; School of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; School of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; School of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Coleoptera net-winged beetles Mesolycus taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Four new species of the Mesolycus ilyai species group are described from China, namely, M. baoi sp. nov., M. latidentatus sp. nov., M. hainanensis sp. nov. and M. clausus sp. nov. The generic diagnosis of Mesolycus is summarized; and an identification key and a distribution map of the M. ilyai species group in the world is updated.

 

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