Flanged Bombardier beetles from Shanghai, China, with description of a new species in the genus Eustra Schmidt-Goebel (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae)

By

Song, Xiao-bin
Tang, Liang
Peng, Zhong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

740

Pages

45-57

Subjects

China , Ectomomyrmes , Eustra , Itamus , myrmecophilous , new species , Paussinae , Pheidole , Platyrhopalus , Shanghai

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.20458

 

Abstract

Four paussine species belonging to three different genera are discovered in Shanghai. A new species,EustrashanghaiensisSong,sp. n., is described, illustrated, and distinguished from the treated congeners. New distributional data or biological notes onEustrachinensisBänninger, 1949,ItamuscastaneusSchmidt-Goebel, 1846, andPlatyrhopalusdavidisFairmaire, 1886 are provided.