A review of the genus Sinocymbachus Strohecker & Chûjô with description of four new species (Coleoptera, Endomychidae)

Ling-Xiao Chang; Wen-Xuan Bi; Guo-Dong Ren

doi:10.3897/zookeys.936.48577

A review of the genus Sinocymbachus Strohecker & Chûjô with description of four new species (Coleoptera, Endomychidae)

Zookeys. 2020 May 28:936:77-109. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.936.48577. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ling-Xiao Chang¹, Wen-Xuan Bi², Guo-Dong Ren³

Affiliations

¹ Science Research Department, Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing 100050, China Science Research Department, Beijing Museum of Natural History Beijing China.
² Room 401, No. 2, Lane 155, Lianhua South Road, Shanghai 201100, China unaffiliated Shanghai China.
³ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China Hebei University Baoding China.

Abstract

This work presents a review of species of the Asian genus Sinocymbachus Strohecker & Chûjô, 1970. Four new species are described from China: S. fanjingshanensis Chang & Bi, sp. nov., S. longipennis Chang & Bi, sp. nov., S. sinicus Chang & Bi, sp. nov., and S. wangyinjiei Chang & Bi, sp. nov. Cymbachus koreanus Chûjô & Lee, 1993 is transferred to Sinocymbachus as S. koreanus (Chûjô & Lee) comb. nov. Sinocymbachus bimaculatus (Pic, 1927) is reported for the first time from China. The male of S. parvimaculatus (Mader, 1938) is discovered and described for the first time. Illustration, diagnosis and distribution are provided for each species. Prior to the present study, Sinocymbachus included ten species. An updated key to the species of Sinocymbachus is given.

Keywords: Coleoptera; Endomychidae; new species; taxonomy.

Ling-Xiao Chang, Wen-Xuan Bi, Guo-Dong Ren.

Publication types

Review