Discovery of second new species of the genus Spiniphilus Lin & Bi, and female of Heterophilus scabricollis Pu with its biological notes (Coleoptera: Vesperidae: Philinae: Philini)

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 29;3949(4):575-83. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.4.7.

Abstract

A new philine species of the genus Spiniphilus Lin & Bi, 2011, S. xiaodongi sp. nov. is described from Yunnan, China. The female of Heterophilus scabricollis Pu, 1988 is described for the first time with its biological and ecological data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

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