Furcanthicus gen. nov., a New Genus of Oriental Anthicini (Coleoptera, Anthicidae), with Description of Three New Species

Yuchen Zhao; Xinpu Wang; Seunghyun Lee; Ming Bai

doi:10.3390/insects14020102

Furcanthicus gen. nov., a New Genus of Oriental Anthicini (Coleoptera, Anthicidae), with Description of Three New Species

Insects. 2023 Jan 18;14(2):102. doi: 10.3390/insects14020102.

Authors

Yuchen Zhao¹, Xinpu Wang¹, Seunghyun Lee^{2

3}, Ming Bai^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
³ Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Furcanthicus gen. nov. (Anthicinae: Anthicini) and three new species from the Oriental region are described: Furcanthicus acutibialis sp. nov. (China: Tibet), F. telnovi sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), and F. validus sp. nov. (China: Sichuan). Some critical morphological characters of this genus are discussed. Eight new combinations are established for the following taxa: Furcanthicus punctiger (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., F. rubens (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1931) comb. nov., F. maderi (Heberdey, 1938) comb. nov., F. monstrator (Telnov, 2005) comb. nov., F. vicarius (Telnov, 2005) comb. nov., F. lepcha (Telnov, 2018) comb. nov., F. vicinor (Telnov, 2018) comb. nov. (all from Anthicus Paykull, 1798), and Nitorus lii (Uhmann, 1997) comb. nov. (from Pseudoleptaleus Pic, 1900). Two informal species-groups are established: F. maderi and F. rubens species-group. The little-known species F. maderi, F. rubens, and F. punctiger are redescribed, diagnosed, and illustrated. The distribution map and key to species of this new genus are provided.

Keywords: Anthicinae; Furcanthicus; geographic distribution; new genus; taxonomy.

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