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Issue: Vol. 4418 No. 6: 11 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.6.6
Page range: 588–593
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 9

A new species of Selatosomus Stephens and the occurrence of Pristilophus melancholicus (Fabricius) in China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae)

Institute of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400716, P. R. China.
Selatosomini Selatosomina click beetle Yunnan Xinjiang Inner Mongolia Coleoptera

Abstract

Selatosomus huanghaoi Qiu, new species is described from Yunnan, China. Habitus and diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated. The presence of Pristilophus melancholicus (Fabricius) in China is confirmed.

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