Description of four new species of Zaitzeviaria Nomura, 1959 (Coleoptera, Elmidae) from Hubei and Shaanxi, China, and notes on Z. muchuanensis Jiang & Chen, 2023
Four new species of the genus Zaitzeviaria Nomura, 1959 are described from China: Z. hemisphaerica sp. nov . (Shaanxi), Z. inflata sp. nov . (Hubei), Z. shennongjia sp. nov . (Hubei), and Z. tongi sp. nov . (Shaanxi, ?Hubei). New locality data are provided for Z. muchuanensis Jiang & Chen, 2023 from Sichuan, and its possible occurrence in Guizhou is discussed. Descriptions, diagnoses and characteristic photographs are provided.
Authors
- Manfred A. Jäch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2990-3604)
- Dong-Ju Bian
Institutions
- Natural History Museum Vienna (AT)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Applied Ecology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2026-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1297.205883
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
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