Discovery of termitophilous tenebrionid beetles in China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Jiang Ri-Xin, Wang Ji-Shen, Li Bo-Yan, Lin Ye-Jie, Liu Ling, Wang Shuo
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59(1): 341-349, 2019
Published online: 18th July 2019
Published in print: 10th August 2019
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Abstract: Two termitophilous tenebrionid genera, Nepaloplonyx Bremer, 2014 and Xenotermes
Wasmann, 1896, are reported from mainland China for the fi rst time.
Nepaloplonyx yunnanensis Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province),
Nepaloplonyx qiului Jiang, Wang & Wang, sp. nov. (Yunnan Province), and
Xenotermes sp. (Yunnan Province) are described, fi gured and compared with their
congeners. New distributional records for Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914 from
Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Jiangsu Provinces are provided. Biological
information, collection data and distribution map of all four species are also
provided.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Amarygmini, Rhysopaussini, new species, new records,
termitophily, Odontotermes, fungus garden, China