Taxonomic note on the genus Taiwanocantharis Wittmer: synonym,new species and additional faunistic records from China (Coleoptera,Cantharidae) |
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| Authors: | Yuxia Yang Xingke Yang |
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| Institution: | 1.College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China ;2.Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China |
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| Abstract: | Taiwanocantharis thibetanomima (Wittmer, 1997) is redefined and its type series is clarified. Three new speciesare described and illustrated, Taiwanocantharis wittmeri
sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan), Taiwanocantharis adentata
sp. n. (CHINA: Gansu, Sichuan) and Taiwanocantharis parasatoi
sp. n. (CHINA: Guangxi). Taiwanocantharis gansosichuana (Kazantsev, 2010) is synonymized with Taiwanocantharis drahuska (Švihla, 2004). Taiwanocantharis dedicata (Švihla, 2005) and Taiwanocantharis malaisei (Wittmer, 1989) are recorded to China for the first time. A key to the species of the Taiwanocantharis thibetana species-group is provided. |
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| Keywords: | Cantharidae Taiwanocantharis synonym new species new record China |
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