Three new species of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from China

Ri-Xin Jiang; Ze-Chuan Li; Quan-Yu Ji; Michael S Engel; Shuo Wang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5004.4.7

Three new species of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from China

Zootaxa. 2021 Jul 22;5004(4):587-597. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.4.7.

Authors

Ri-Xin Jiang¹, Ze-Chuan Li², Quan-Yu Ji³, Michael S Engel⁴, Shuo Wang⁵

Affiliations

¹ College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.. maoshuwuyouzhi@163.com.
² College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, P. R. China.. 12119412@njau.edu.cn.
³ School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212001, P.R. China.. 12119412@njau.edu.cn.
⁴ Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. . msengel@ku.edu.
⁵ College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.. shuowang@qust.edu.cn.

PMID: 34811286
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.4.7

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 are described and figured from China: Hexarhopalus (Hexarhopalus) yunnanensis sp. nov. from Yunnan, Hexarhopalus (Hexarhopalus) zhuxiangi sp. nov. from Guangxi, and Hexarhopalus (Leprocaulus) nanlingensis sp. nov. from Guangdong. A revised key is provided to the species of Hexarhopalus from China.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
China
Coleoptera*