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Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group

Two new flightless click beetle species, Pseudocsikiachouisp. nov. and Pseudocsikiachanjuansp. nov., are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble P.formosana, which is endemic to Taiwan, by the strongly protr...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Lu, Kundrata, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.84015
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description Two new flightless click beetle species, Pseudocsikiachouisp. nov. and Pseudocsikiachanjuansp. nov., are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble P.formosana, which is endemic to Taiwan, by the strongly protruding pronotal anterior angles accompanied by pits and the shape of aedeagus. They can be all grouped as the P.formosana-species group. A key to the species of the P.formosana-species group and an updated checklist of Chinese Pseudocsikia with supplementary notes on type localities are provided. The discovery of two new species highlights the potential species-richness of the flightless click-beetles on Taiwan Island.
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spelling pubmed-98487792023-02-08 Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group Qiu, Lu Kundrata, Robin Zookeys Research Article Two new flightless click beetle species, Pseudocsikiachouisp. nov. and Pseudocsikiachanjuansp. nov., are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble P.formosana, which is endemic to Taiwan, by the strongly protruding pronotal anterior angles accompanied by pits and the shape of aedeagus. They can be all grouped as the P.formosana-species group. A key to the species of the P.formosana-species group and an updated checklist of Chinese Pseudocsikia with supplementary notes on type localities are provided. The discovery of two new species highlights the potential species-richness of the flightless click-beetles on Taiwan Island. Pensoft Publishers 2022-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9848779/ /pubmed/36761788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.84015 Text en Lu Qiu, Robin Kundrata https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group
title_full Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group
title_fullStr Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group
title_full_unstemmed Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group
title_short Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group
title_sort descriptions of two new flightless species of pseudocsikia schimmel & platia (coleoptera, elateridae, dimini) from taiwan island, china, with a definition of the formosana species-group
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.84015
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