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Issue: Vol. 5729 No. 4: 17 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.4.1
Page range: 501-518
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Morphological and mitogenomic characteristics of Chinese endemic species Blaps (Blaps) chinensis (Faldermann, 1835) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptini)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei; 071002; P. R. China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei; 071002; P. R. China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei; 071002; P. R. China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei; 071002; P. R. China.
Coleoptera Darkling beetles Blaps all stages mitochondrial genome China

Abstract

Blaps (Blaps) chinensis (Faldermann, 1835) is an endemic species to north-central China. We provide the first description and illustration of the egg and pupal stages of this species, supplemented by additional larval and adult morphology. Updated keys to 24 larval and 11 pupal stages of Chinese Blaps species are presented. Additionally, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome sequence and analysis for B. (B) chinensis.

 

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How to Cite

Liu, L.-F., Zhao, W., Liu, S.-S. & Ren, G.-D. (2025) Morphological and mitogenomic characteristics of Chinese endemic species Blaps (Blaps) chinensis (Faldermann, 1835) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptini). Zootaxa, 5729 (4), 501–518. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.4.1