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A new species, Dascillus emarginatus sp. nov., from Shennongjia Nature Reserve, Hubei, China is described. The new species is very similar to D. attenuatus Jin, Xie & Zhu, 2017, from… Click to show full abstract
A new species, Dascillus emarginatus sp. nov., from Shennongjia Nature Reserve, Hubei, China is described. The new species is very similar to D. attenuatus Jin, Xie & Zhu, 2017, from which it can be distinguished by the greater body length, scutellar shield emarginate anteriorly, abdominal ventrites with glabrous spots on each side in both genders, apex of female ventrite 5 emarginate in the middle, and the shape of genitalia. The illustrations of the morphological characters and a distribution map are given.
Keywords:
hubei china;
latreille coleoptera;
dascillus latreille;
species dascillus;
new species;
coleoptera dascillidae
Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2023
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Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2023
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