Rhantus fengi sp. n. from Xizang, China, and notes on Laccoporus nigritulus (Gschwendtner) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

By

Zhao, Shuang
Jia, Fenglong
Balke, Michael

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

94

Pages

61-71

Subjects

China , high altitude , Laccoporus , new species , new synonymy , Rhantus , Tibet

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.94.1161

 

Abstract

Rhantus fengi sp. n. from Mount Sejila, Xizang, China is described and illustrated. Laccoporus nigritulus (Gschwendtner, 1936) is redescribed and illustrated; Laccoporus viator Balfour-Browne, 1939, syn. n. is established as its junior subjective synonym.