A newly-recorded genus, Lasiocallimerus Corporaal, 1939 (Coleoptera, Cleridae) from China, with description of a new species

By

Chai, Zichao
Kolibáč, Jiří
Liu, Haoyu
Yu, Yali
Zheng, Ji-Huan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-10-23

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--12

Subjects

checkered beetles , Cleroidea , Hydnocerini , new faunistic record , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e169936

 

Abstract

<br> The genus<br> Lasiocallimerus<br> Corporaal, 1939 is a small genus belonging to the tribe Hydnocerini in the subfamily Clerinae (Coleoptera, Cleridae), with three known species from Southeast Asia.<br> <br> <br> This genus is recorded from China for the first time. A new species,<br> Lasiocallimerus wangi<br> sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province and<br> L. dembatkoi<br> Kolibáč, 1998 is newly recorded from Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces of China. A key to the identification of all<br> Lasiocallimerus<br> species is provided.<br>