A taxonomic review of the genus Horniolus Weise from China, with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Xiaosheng Chen; Xiufeng Xie; Shunxiang Ren; Xingmin Wang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.623.10191

A taxonomic review of the genus Horniolus Weise from China, with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Zookeys. 2016 Oct 11:(623):105-123. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.623.10191. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Xiaosheng Chen¹, Xiufeng Xie², Shunxiang Ren³, Xingmin Wang³

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University; Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm; Research Center of Agricultural Pest Biocontrol of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China.
² Guangdong Agriculture Industry Business Polytechnic College, Guangzhou 510507, China.
³ Research Center of Agricultural Pest Biocontrol of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China.

Abstract

Five species of the genus Horniolus Weise, 1901 from China are revised, including the description of a new species, Horniolus hainanensis Chen & Ren, sp. n.Horniolus sonduongensis Hoàng, 1979 is reported from China for the first time. A key to the species from China is provided. Nomenclatural history, diagnoses, detailed descriptions, illustrations, and distribution for each species have been provided. A checklist of all known species of this genus is also presented.

Keywords: Coccinelloidea; Hainan Island; Scymnini; checklist; taxonomy.