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A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS MICROPELUS (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: MICROPEPLINM) IN CHINA
Author(s) -
Zhao Caiyun,
Zhou Hongzhang
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2004.tb00243.x
Subject(s) - biology , subfamily , genus , china , zoology , type species , male genitalia , type (biology) , chinese academy of sciences , dorsum , ecology , anatomy , archaeology , geography , biochemistry , gene
This paper describes a new species, Micropeplus dentatus , sp. nov., of the rove beetle subfamily Micropeplinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. The new species belongs to tesserula group of the genus Micropeplus and is characterized mainly by two discal costae on elytron and no punctures on dorsal surface, strong carina on vertex, strong pseudepipleura and its special genitalia. It is similar to Micropeplus sharpi Sawada from Japan. The type specimens are deposited at the Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.