Abstract
Taxonomic and faunistic data for six species of the genus Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857 of Taiwan are presented. Three new species of the pollens group from one locality in Nantou county (Hsinyi township, Tatachia) are described and illustrated: Eu. geiseri sp. nov., Eu. leei sp. nov. and Eu. sacrum sp. nov. Eusphalerum contortispinum Zanetti, 1998 and Eu. luteoides Zanetti, 1998 are recorded from Nantou, and Eu. dubitatum Zanetti, 1998 from Pingtung counties for the first time respectively.
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