First record of Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) from China with description of a new species of Sarothrias Grouvelle

Wen-Xuan Bi; Chang-Chin Chen; Mei-Ying Lin

doi:10.3897/zookeys.496.8620

First record of Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) from China with description of a new species of Sarothrias Grouvelle

Zookeys. 2015 Apr 16:(496):53-60. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.496.8620. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Wen-Xuan Bi¹, Chang-Chin Chen², Mei-Ying Lin³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China ; Room 401, No. 2, Lane 155, Lianhua South Road, Shanghai, 201100, China.
² NPS office, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China.

Abstract

The family Jacobsoniidae Heller () is newly recorded from China upon the discovery of Sarothriassinicus Bi & Chen, sp. n. () from Motuo, Southeast Xizang. Description and illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic features of the new taxon are provided. A key to the species of Sarothrias and some ecological notes on the new species are presented.

Keywords: Jacobsoniidae; Oriental region; Sarothrias; new record; new species; taxonomy.