Discovery of termitophilous tenebrionid beetles in China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Stránky 341-349
DOI 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0027
Klíčová slova Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Amarygmini, Rhysopaussini, new species, new records, termitophily, Odontotermes, fungus garden, China
Citace JIANG, Ri-Xin, WANG, Ji-Shen, LI, Bo-Yan, LIN, Ye-Jie, LIU, Ling a WANG, Shuo. Discovery of termitophilous tenebrionid beetles in China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2019, 59(1), 341-349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0027. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/periodicals/aemnp/59-1/discovery-of-termitophilous-tenebrionid-beetles-in-china-coleoptera-tenebrionidae
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2019/59/1

Two termitophilous tenebrionid genera, Nepaloplonyx Bremer, 2014 and Xenotermes Wasmann, 1896, are reported from mainland China for the first time. Nepaloplonyx yunnanensis Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province), Nepaloplonyx qiului Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province), and Xenotermes sp. (Yunnan Province) are described, figured and compared with their congeners. New distributional records for Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914 from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Jiangsu Provinces are provided. Biological information, collection data and distribution map of all four species are also provided.

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