Descriptions of two new species of Pseudocossonus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from mainland China with a key to the world species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 07 Dec 2006Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 1,375, pages 59-68 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Omar, Youssef Mohamed; Zhang, Runzhi; Davis, Steven R.;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1375.1.4 , 10.5281/zenodo.174985

Descriptions of two new species of Pseudocossonus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from mainland China with a key to the world species

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Two new species, Pseudocossonus shanghaiensis sp. nov. and P. yunnanensis sp. nov., from China are described. A key to all eight species of Pseudocossonus in the world, including P. acer from Java, P. brachypus from Japan, P. brevitarsis from Japan, P. dimidiatus from New Guinea, P. nigripes from East India and P. planatus from China (Taiwan) and Japan, is presented. Illustrations of diagnostic features of the new species are provided.

Related Organizations

Chinese Academy of Sciences
China (People's Republic of)
University of Kansas
United States
Institute of Zoology
China (People's Republic of)

Keywords

Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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