Descriptions of four new Enoplotrupes (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) species from China

Abstrakt

The following four new species from China are described: Enoplotrupes (Enoplotrupes) gaoligong sp. nov. (Yunnan), E. (E.) kubani sp. nov. (Sichuan, Yunnan), E. (E.) monachus sp. nov. (Yunnan) and E. (Gynoplotrupes) gansuensis sp. nov. (Gansu). Described species are compared with similar and probably related species.

Relevant diagnostic characters of the new species including external male genitalia are illustrated.

Klíčová slova

• Coleoptera
• Scarabaeoidea
• Geotrupidae
• Geotrupinae
• Enoplotrupini
• Enoplotrupes
• Gynoplotrupes
• China
• Palaearctic Region
• Oriental Regions