Pelecotoides sinicus, a new species of ripiphorid beetle from east China (Ripiphoridae, Ptilophorinae)

By

Jiang, Lan-Xing
Zhao, Yu-Chen
Li, Xiumin Li
Pan, Zhao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-15

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--9

Subjects

China. , new species , Ptilophorinae , wedge-shaped beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e158408

 

Abstract

The ripiphorid genus Pelecotoides Laporte, 1833 is distributed primarily throughout the Southern Hemisphere, with approximately 72 species. Although exhibiting robust species richness, only one Pelecotoides species, P. tokejii (Nomura &amp; Nakane, 1959), has been recorded from Asia.<br> Herein, Pelecotoides sinicus Jiang &amp; Pan sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Zhejiang and Fujian, China, representing the second Asian species of Pelecotoides. This new species can be easily distinguished from P. tokejii by its sexually dimorphic antennae.