Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.6
Page range: 344-360
Abstract views: 186
PDF downloaded: 10

A taxonomic note on Chinese species of the Neolucanus fuscus group with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)

Fujian Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Institute of Conservation and Utilization of Natural Bioresources; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests; Fujian Province University; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.; Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
School of Geoscience and Technology; Southwest Petroleum University; Chengdu 610500; China.
Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Coleoptera new species stag beetle Neolucanus redescription Honghe morphology taxonomy

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new stag beetle species from Yunnan, China, i.e., Neolucanus horizontalis Xin, Zhong & Qi, new species which exhibits significant structural differences in mandible, labial vestiture, protibia and male genitalia compared to related species. We also provide redescription of the male of N. fuscus Didier, 1926 and N. brochieri Bomans & Miyashita, 1997. Neolucans fuscus zhongguo Schenk, 2012 is synonymized with N. fuscus fuscus Didier, 1926. We also present a distribution map and an identification key for the telodont males of the N. fuscus group. Finally, we discuss the species group affiliation of N. baongocae Nguyen, 2013.

 

References

  1. Baba, M. (1995) A new species of the genus Neolucanus Tomson, 1862 from south Burma (Myanmar). Gekkan-Mushi, 292, 8–11.
  2. Bomans, H.E. & Miyashita, T. (1997) Description de trois nouvelles espèces de Lucanidae du nord Birmanie. Besoiro, 4, 2–3.
  3. Didier, R. (1926) Descriptions sommaires de Lucanides nouveaux, du genre Neolucanus, de la faune indo-chinoise. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1926, 210–214. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1926.27736
  4. Fujita, H. (2010) The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, 472 pp., 248 pls.
  5. Huang, H. & Chen, C.-C. (2010) Stag Beetles of China I. Formosa Ecological Company, Taipei, 288 pp.
  6. Huang, H. & Chen, C.-C. (2013) Stag Beetles of China II. Formosa Ecological Company, Taipei, 716 pp.
  7. Huang, H. & Chen, C.-C. (2017) Stag Beetles of China III. Formosa Ecological Company, Taipei, 524 pp.
  8. Lacroix, J.P. (1972) Neolucanus nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, New Series, 8 (1), 111–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/21686351.1972.12278925
  9. Lacroix, J.P. (1978) Contribution à l’études des Coléoptères Lucanides du globe. Deux genres nouveaux et onze espèces inédites (Chiasognathinae, Lucaninae, Chalcodinae, Cladognathinae, Dorcinae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale d’Entomologie de Belgique, 114, 249–294.
  10. Leuthner, F. (1885) A monograph of the Odontolabini, a subdivision of the coleopterous family Lucanidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 11 (11), 385–491. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1885.tb00347.x
  11. Lin, J.-Z. & Chou, W.-I. (2021) Description of a new species of the genus Neolucanus Thomson, 1862 from Taiwan, with new localities record of N. taiwanus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Faunitaxys, 9 (7), 1–9.
  12. Nguyen, T.Q. (2013) Description of a new species of the genus Neolucanus Thomson, 1862 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa, 3741 (3), 377–384. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3741.3.6
  13. Quangthai, N. & Schenk, K.D. (2013) A new species of the genus Neolucanus Thomson, 1862 from Central Vietnam. Beetles World, 7, 1–4.
  14. Schenk, K.D. (2012) Notes to the Lucanidae of Asia and description of new taxa of the genus Neolucanus. Beetles World, 6, 4–38.
  15. Schenk, K.D. (2014) Catalogue of Lucanidae: Genus Neolucanus Thomson, 1862. Beetles World, 10, 2–8.
  16. Thomson, J. (1862) Catalogue des Lucanides de la collection de M.James Thomson, suivi d’un appendix renfermant la description des coupes génériques et spécifiques nouvelles. Annales De La Société Entomologique De France, Series 4, 2, 389–436.
  17. Toshiyuki, T. (2021) Illustrated guide to the genus Neolucanus of the world. Be-kuwa, 78, 1–87.
  18. Yi, D. (2023) Lucanidae of the World. Design Spacetime, Seoul, 190 pp., 160 pls.
  19. Zhang, Q., Ge, Y., Wu, Y. & Wan, X. (2016) Taxonomic notes on some species of Neolucanus Thomson (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from China. Zoological Systematics, 41 (2), 195–206. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201618