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Issue: Vol. 2906 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2906.1.1
Page range: 1–42
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 5

Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)

Department of Biology, Life and Environment Science College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, P.R.China
Shinohara-chô1249-8, Kôhoku-ku, Yokohama, 222-0026 Japan
Technical Center, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, P.R.China
Coleoptera Lucanidae Ceruchus new species new localities China checklist identification key morphology natural history

Abstract

The taxonomy is reviewed for most Chinese species of Ceruchus. New localities are recorded for Ceruchus minor Tanikado & Okuda. Ceruchus yangi Huang, Imura & Chen, sp. nov. is described from Guizhou, China. Morphological characters of most species from China and Japan are studied and summarized into tables. Female genitalia of seven species of Ceruchus are described and illustrated for the first time. A key to males of the Palaearctic species and a key to females of the Chinese and Japanese species are provided. Natural history notes are given for some species from China.

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