Pelecotoides sinicus, a new species of ripiphorid beetle from east China (Ripiphoridae, Ptilophorinae)

Authors: Jiang, Lan-Xing Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e158408 Published: Jan. 1, 2025 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: wedge-shaped beetles · Topics: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Fossil Insects in Amber

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The ripiphorid genus Pelecotoides Laporte, 1833 is distributed primarily throughout the Southern Hemisphere, with approximately 72 species. Although exhibiting robust species richness, only one Pelecotoides species, P. tokejii (Nomura & Nakane, 1959), has been recorded from Asia.Herein, Pelecotoides sinicus Jiang & Pan sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Zhejiang and Fujian, China, representing the second Asian species of Pelecotoides. This new species can be easily distinguished from P. tokejii by its sexually dimorphic antennae.

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