Description of the male of emPterorthochaetes/em emyunnanensis/em Ballerio, 2014 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Ceratocanthinae)

Ri-Xin Jiang; Alberto Ballerio; Hao-Yi Liu; Shuo Wang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.12

Description of the male of emPterorthochaetes/em emyunnanensis/em Ballerio, 2014 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Ceratocanthinae)

Zootaxa. 2021 Mar 29;4950(1):zootaxa.4950.1.12. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.12.

Authors

Ri-Xin Jiang¹, Alberto Ballerio, Hao-Yi Liu, Shuo Wang

Affiliation

¹ College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.. [email protected].

PMID: 33903328
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.12

Abstract

The ceratocanthine genus Pterorthochaetes Gestro, 1898 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) includes about 26 valid species and occurs from the eastern Himalaya (Nepal and India) and southern China to northern Australia (Queensland) and Vanuatu Islands (Paulian 1978, 1987; Ballerio 1999, 2006, 2013, 2014).

Keywords: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae, Ceratocanthinae.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera* / classification
Coleoptera* / physiology
Male