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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 2: 20 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.6
Page range: 249-262
Abstract views: 131
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Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, a new stag beetle from Gansu, China (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)

Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.; Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests of Fujian Province Universities; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Department of entomology; college of Plant Protection; Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Forestry College; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests of Fujian Province Universities; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Fujian Academy of Forestry; Fuzhou 350012; China.
Coleoptera lucanid beetle taxonomy Dorcini new species northwestern China

Abstract

In this study, a new stag beetle of the genus Dorcus MacLeay, 1819 is described and illustrated, namely Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, new species, from Gansu Province, northwestern China. The new species is very similar to its related species, especially D. tianlongi Wang & Zhou, 2019 and D. liyingbingi Huang & Chen, 2013, in external characters, but can be clearly distinguished by male genital features. There is also a clear geographical isolation between the new species and the closely related species.

 

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