A new species of Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995 (Coleoptera, Elmidae) from south China

Dongju Bian; Yuqi Hu; Yanfeng Tong

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e117248

A new species of Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995 (Coleoptera, Elmidae) from south China

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Mar 21:12:e117248. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117248. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Dongju Bian¹, Yuqi Hu^{1

2}, Yanfeng Tong³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang 110016 China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China.
³ Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China.

Abstract

Background: Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995 is a member of the tribe Macronychini which has the following features: antennae short, 6-10 segmented, aedeagus long and cylindrical, paramere very small, slender or lacking. This genus currently comprises only three species. All species are distributed in China.

New information: Cuspideviapilosus sp. nov. is reported from Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi Provinces in China. Habitus and diagnostic features of the new species are illustrated.

Keywords: Cuspidevia; Guangdong; Guangxi; Jiangxi; new species; riffle beetles.

Dongju Bian, Yuqi Hu, Yanfeng Tong.