Renius cornutus, a new genus and species of Chilocorini from Tibet, China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Wenjing Li; Lizhi Huo; Dirk Ahrens; Shunxiang Ren; Xingmin Wang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.678.11862

Renius cornutus, a new genus and species of Chilocorini from Tibet, China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Zookeys. 2017 Jun 7:(678):121-128. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.678.11862. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Wenjing Li^{1

2}, Lizhi Huo¹, Dirk Ahrens², Shunxiang Ren¹, Xingmin Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application, Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Pest Biocontrol, Guangdong Province; Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.
² Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

Abstract

A new monotypic genus of Chilocorini, Renius Li & Wang, gen. n., with a new species R. cornutus Li et Wang, sp. n. is described from Tibet, China. All diagnostic features are illustrated. The relationships with other genera of Chilocorini are discussed and a key to Chinese genera of Chilocorini is provided.

Keywords: China; Coccinelloidea; Coleoptera; Tibet; new genus; new species.