A review of the omicrine genera Omicrogiton,Mircogioton and Peratogonus of China (Coleoptera,Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) |
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| Authors: | Fenglong Jia Renchao Lin Bijun Li Martin Fiká?ek |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China;2.Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic;3.Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | The Chinese species of the genera Omicrogiton Orchymont, 1919, Peratogonus Sharp, 1884 and Mircogioton Orchymont, 1937 are reviewed, diagnosed and keyed. Mircogioton and Omicrogiton are reported for the first time from China, Peratogonus for the first time for mainland China. Five species are recognized: Omicrogitoncoomani Balfour-Browne, 1939 (Guangdong, Hongkong), Omicrogitonhainanensissp. n. (Hainan), Omicrogitonrobertisp. n. (Hainan), Mircogiotoncoomani Orchymont, 1937 (Yunnan), and Peratogonusreversus Sharp, 1884 (Guangdong, Jiangxi, Taiwan). Lectotype of Omicrogitoncoomani is designated. Mircogiotoncognitus (Malcolm, 1981), syn. n. is considered a junior subjective synonym of Mircogiotoncoomani Orchymont, 1939. Species of Mircogioton and Omicrogiton inhabit decaying banana trunks, whereas Peratogonusreversus was always collected from moist forest leaf litter. |
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| Keywords: | taxon-name" > family" >Hydrophilidae, taxon-name" > subfamily" >Sphaeridiinae, taxon-name" > tribe" >Omicrini, taxon-name" > genus" >Omicrogiton, taxon-name" > genus" >Mircogioton, taxon-name" > genus" >Peratogonus, new species, new synonym, new record, Oriental region, China |
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