Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, a new stag beetle from Gansu, China (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
In this study, a new stag beetle of the genus Dorcus MacLeay, 1819 is described and illustrated, namely Dorcus liyuani Qi & Zhan, new species, from Gansu Province, northwestern China. The new species is very similar to its related species, especially D. tianlongi Wang & Zhou, 2019 and D. liyingbingi Huang & Chen, 2013, in external characters, but can be clearly distinguished by male genital features. There is also a clear geographical isolation between the new species and the closely related species.
Authors
- Zhihong Zhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-2689)
- Zhi‐Hao Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8596-0913)
- Haitian Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1042-7959)
- Bi Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1306-3635)
- RONG-XIANG SU (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-5776)
- GUANG-HONG LIANG
Institutions
- Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
- Institute of Plant Protection (CN)
- NSW Forestry Corporation (AU)
- Guangdong Academy of Forestry (CN)
- Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (CN)
- Fuzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.34