Author(s): Gao, Z. H. & Ren, G. D.
Title: Taxonomy of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic from China, with two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Year: 2009
Volume: 55
Pages: 307-319.
Abstract: Chinese species belonging to the tenebrionid genus Morphostenophanes Pic are reviewed. The Chinese fauna is composed of six previously described species-group taxa (M. aenescens Pic, 1925, M. papillatus Kaszab, 1941, M. atavus (Kaszab, 1960), M. tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998, M. jendeki jendeki Masumoto, 1998 and M. jendeki similis Masumoto, 1998) and two newly described species (M. cuproviridis sp. n. and M. tuberculatus sp. n. from Guizhou and Yunnan). The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.
Keywords: Coleoptera, new species, taxonomy, Tenebrionidae, China, Morphostenophanes
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Bakonyi, G., Mahunka, S., Báldi, A., Csuzdi, Cs. & Forró, L.
