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Issue: Vol. 5691 No. 2: 9 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.8
Page range: 341-352
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Two new species and one new country record for the Cryptocephalus parvulus group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1 Beichen West Rd.; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1 Beichen West Rd.; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1 Beichen West Rd.; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; P. R. China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; 19A Yuquan Rd.; Shijingshan District; Beijing 100049; P. R. China
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae Cryptocephalini new species China leaf beetles

Abstract

Two new species of the subgenus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762 are described from China: Cryptocephalus (s. str.) longwangshanus Duan, Wang & Zhou, sp. nov. from Zhejiang, Hunan, and Guangxi; C. (s. str.) yangae Duan, Wang & Zhou, sp. nov. from Sichuan and Yunnan. One species is a new country record from China, Cryptocephalus (s. str.) inhumeralis Pic, 1922. High quality color images and line drawings of adult habitus, aedeagus and other important structures are provided for the new species and the new country record species. All the types of the new species are deposited in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).

 

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How to Cite

Duan, W.-Y., Wang, F.-Y. & Zhou, H.-Z. (2025) Two new species and one new country record for the Cryptocephalus parvulus group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5691 (2), 341–352. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.8