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Issue: Vol. 5528 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.21
Page range: 300-310
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Three new species of Melolontha Fabricius from southern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Dazhulin Chongqing 621000; China
Coleoptera Melolonthini taxonomy Nanling Mountains Fujian Guangdong Jiangxi

Abstract

Three new species of the M. aeneicollis species group of the genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 are described from southern China: M. jianbini sp. nov. from Gutian County, Fujian province; M. tianlongi sp. nov. from Suichuan County, Jiangxi province; and M. xui sp. nov. from Yangshan County, Guangdong province. A key to the species of the M. aeneicollis species group is also provided.

 

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