Taxonomic notes on the genus Metoecus Dejean,1834 from China (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2021.03.010

Abstract

Abstract: The genus Metoecus Dejean, 1834, belonging to the family Ripiphoridae from China is taxonomically revised: Metoecus javanus(Pic, 1913), collected from Sichuan, is newly recorded from China and supplementarily described; a catalogue and a key to the Chinese Metoecus species and the other two unidentified species are carried out; adult habitus and pronotal photographs are also provided.

Key words: taxonomy, wedge-shaped beetles, Metoecus javanus, new record species, key

CLC Number:

Q969

PAN Zhao, WEI Jiashuo, REN Guodong. Taxonomic notes on the genus Metoecus Dejean,1834 from China (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)[J]. Journal of Hebei University(Natural Science Edition), 2021, 41(3): 285-289.

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