First record of Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) from China with description of a new species of Sarothrias Grouvelle

By

Bi, Wenxuan
Chen, Chang-Chin
Lin, Meiying

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

496

Pages

53-60

Subjects

Jacobsoniidae , new record , new species , Oriental region , Sarothrias , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.496.8620

 

Abstract

The family Jacobsoniidae Heller (短跗甲科) is newly recorded from China upon the discovery of Sarothrias sinicus Bi & Chen, sp. n. (中华短跗甲) from Motuo, Southeast Xizang. Description and illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic features of the new taxon are provided. A key to the species of Sarothrias and some ecological notes on the new species are presented.