Sinocatops gen. nov., an apterous genus of Cholevini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) from China, with emphasis on differences with allied Rybinskiella Reitter, 1906

Cheng-Bin Wang; Hong-Zhang Zhou

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.3.4

Sinocatops gen. nov., an apterous genus of Cholevini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) from China, with emphasis on differences with allied Rybinskiella Reitter, 1906

Zootaxa. 2016 Mar 3;4085(3):393-415. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.3.4.

Authors

Cheng-Bin Wang¹, Hong-Zhang Zhou²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China; Email: zhouhz@ioz.ac.cn.

PMID: 27394310
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.3.4

Abstract

A new apterous genus (Sinocatops gen. nov.) with a single new species (S. ruzickai sp. nov.) of Cholevini, is described from Sichuan Province, China. It is compared in detail to allied Rybinskiella Reitter, 1906 with some selected but important morphological characters to show their differences presented in a table. Color plates are presented to illustrate important morphological characters of S. ruzickai sp. nov. and examined species of Rybinskiella. The taxonomic state of Rybinskiella is also briefly disscussed.

MeSH terms

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