Stenoxylita quadrifasciata sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Guizhou, southwest China

Authors: Dang, Anzhi Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e125966 Published: Jan. 1, 2024 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: false darkling beetles · Topics: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

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The genus Stenoxylita Nomura, 1959 (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) currently contains two species, Stenoxylita trialbofasciata (Hayashi & Katö, 1956) from Japan and Shaanxi, China (Konvička 2015) and Stenoxylita sasajii Toyoshima, 2001 from North Vietnam. We discovered a new species of the genus from the Mountain Leigong of Guizhou Province, China.A new species, Stenoxylita quadrifasciata sp. nov., is described from Mountain Leigong, Leishan County, Guizhou Province of southwest China. It is the third species of this genus and the second species of this genus from mainland China.

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