Two new species of the genus Zaitzevia Champion (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Guangdong Province, China

Dong-Ju Bian; Yu-Qi Hu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.10

Two new species of the genus Zaitzevia Champion (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Guangdong Province, China

Zootaxa. 2024 Oct 23;5528(1):118-124. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.10.

Authors

Dong-Ju Bian¹, Yu-Qi Hu²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management; Institute of Applied Ecology; Shenyang; 110016; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenyang 110016; Liaoning; China. [email protected].
² Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management; Institute of Applied Ecology; Shenyang; 110016; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenyang 110016; Liaoning; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China. [email protected].

PMID: 39646898
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.10

Abstract

Two new species of Zaitzevia Champion, 1923, Zaitzevia acuta sp. nov. and Zaitzevia nanlingensis sp. nov. are described from Guangdong Province, China and photographs of habitus and male aedeagus are provided. This genus is recorded from Guangdong Province for the first time.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Coleoptera* / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera* / classification
Female
Male
Organ Size