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Vol. 45 No. 2, 2006
Synopsis of Cyphonocerus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with the Description of Four New Species and a Key to the Genus
Ming-Luen Jeng1*, Ping-Shih Yang2, and Masataka Satô3
1Division
of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center,
University of Kansas, 1460 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, USA
2Department
of Entomology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4,
Taipei, Taiwan 106, R.O.C. E-mail: psyang@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
3Dia Cuore Tokushige 306, Kamegahora 3-1404, Midoriku, Nagoya, 458-0804 Japan E-mail: msato@mc.ccnw.ne.jp
Ming-Luen Jeng, Ping-Shih Yang, and Masataka Satô (2006) The genus Cyphonocerus is defined based on all known species, and 4 new species are described: C. melanopterus sp. nov. (China), C. nigrithorax sp. nov. (Nepal), C. sylvicola sp. nov. (China), and C. triangulus sp. nov. (China). Cyphonocerus harmandi (Nepal and India) is redescribed, and a lectotype is designated. Cyphonocerus klapperichi Pic (China) is demoted to a subspecies of C. sanguineus. A key to species worldwide and a checklist are given.
Key words: New species, Lectotype, New status, Key.
*Correspondence: Tel and Fax: 1-785-8320043. E-mail: kamakili@ku.edu
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