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a–b, 3a, d, i, 5)
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Elongate, rather markedly transversely convex, medium-sized (
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). Vaguely similar in external body shape and color to the rare Palearctic species 
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species group: 
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). Dorsal surface closely and markedly punctate (spaces between pronotal and elytral punctures ca. 1.2–1.6× diameter), with smooth and shining interspaces; elytra together 1.1× wider than pronotum, without distinguishable traces of transverse strigose sculpturing. Pronotum with vaguely trapezoidal shape, and rather straight lateral sides, at least in posterior two-thirds (
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). Pubescence on pronotum and elytra sparse, golden-yellowish, distinct, each individual seta distinctly shorter (ca. 0.80×) than antennomere 2. Body uniformly dark brown; legs uniformly orange-brown, antennae brown, with first and second antennomeres slightly paler, orange-yellowish. Male protarsi wider than in any other known 
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) and sickle-shaped even along outer edge. Male genitalia distinctively shaped, with elongate, subparallel-sided and deeply incised tegmen (
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), aedeagal median lobe peculiarly large,&gt;3× longer than wide, maximum width proximad and peculiar, finely acute at distal apex (
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), only similar to that of 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FCAC1B9DA8F8EF9B" box="[809,953,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">L. hastipenis</emphasis>
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Female unknown with certainty (but see comments below in “Examined material”).
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FF421BD7AA18EFE3" bold="true" box="[199,345,1484,1511]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FEE51BD6AACCEFE3" box="[352,397,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Size</emphasis>
(male 
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): body length 
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, width 
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.
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<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFFFF91FF421BEAAED0EC57" blockId="1.[151,1437,944,2015]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FF421BEAA940EC0F" box="[199,513,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Body color and pubescence</emphasis>
: uniformly dark brown, tegument shining. Legs orange-brown with darker tarsal plates. Antennae brown to dark brown with pale brown first and second antennomeres. Pubescence golden, rather long and sparse, not concealing tegument, each individual seta ca. 0.80× as long as second antennomere (
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).
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<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFFFF91FF421846A8BCED2F" blockId="1.[151,1437,944,2015]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FF421846AA30EC73" box="[199,369,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Dorsal habitus</emphasis>
: body shape (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFFFF91FD9C1846A92BEC73" box="[537,618,1629,1655]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,182,1861]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[193,1394,179,1874]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus of Lamiogethes spp.: a, L. falcatus sp. n. male from China, Sichuan; b, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; c, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; d, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; e, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (Figs. a–e)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614539" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614539/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1a</figureCitation>
) vaguely similar to 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FCDF1846AFC4EC73" box="[858,1157,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Lamiogethes brunnicornis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Clypeus with truncate anterior margin. Dorsal punctures on pronotum rather fine and deep, each puncture separated from another by ca. 1.2–1.6 diameter; space between punctures smooth and shining. Dorsal punctures on elytra rather large, separated by ca. 1.2–1.5 diameter; space between punctures smooth and shining. Ratio LPR1/LELY = 0.50; ratio WPR1/LPR1 = 1.79; ratio WPR2/LPR1 = 1.72; ratio WPR2/WPR1 = 0.96; ratio LELY/WELY = 1.03; ratio WPR1/WPRA = 1.66; ratio WPR1/WELY = 0.90; ratio WPR2/WELY = 0.86.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFFFF91FF42192EA8F8EDDB" blockId="1.[151,1437,944,2015]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFFFF91FF42192EAA30ED4B" box="[199,369,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Ventral habitus</emphasis>
: combined outer edges of antennal grooves almost straight, parallel-sided along most of length. Prosternal process nearly as wide as length of antennal club, punctation fine and sparse. Male metaventrite flattened posterior to midlength, with wide but shallow mediolongitudinal impression, occupying nearly posterior two-thirds, with a barely impressed but distinct, narrow median longitudinal stripe, encompassing three-quarters of the metaventrite length. Last visible ventrite simple, without tubercles or ridges.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421E82AF0AEB47" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421E82AA11EAB7" box="[199,336,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Appendages</emphasis>
: antennae short (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FD8B1E82A91DEAB7" box="[526,604,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,182,1861]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[193,1394,179,1874]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus of Lamiogethes spp.: a, L. falcatus sp. n. male from China, Sichuan; b, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; c, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; d, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; e, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (Figs. a–e)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614539" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614539/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 1a</figureCitation>
); ratio ANLE/HWEA = 0.75; ratio CLLE/W10J ≈ 1.30; ratio L03J/W03J = 2.20; ratio L03J/L02J = 0.92; ratio L03J/L04J = 2.38; ratio WFTA/LFTA ≈ 0.40 (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FBA71EA6AF37EADC" box="[1058,1142,189,216]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1823,1848]" captionTargetBox="[229,1347,190,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[222,1365,181,1798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female genitalia (ovipositor, ventral view) of Lamiogethes spp. (a–c): a, L. falcatus sp. n. from China, Sichuan (female not selected as paratype); b, L. sagittalis sp. n., female from China, Shaanxi; c, L. unditibiis sp. n., female from China, Chongqing. Protibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (d–h): d, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; e, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; h, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Metatibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (i–j): i, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; j, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614543" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614543/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 3d</figureCitation>
); ratio LETI/WITI ≈ 2.90. Protibiae with a series of 3–4 moderately sharp teeth, increasing in size from the first to the penultimate, shaped nearly as in the common Palearctic species 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FDFA1F1DA86CEB1B" box="[639,813,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. brunnicornis</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FCB91F1EA8D1EB24" box="[828,912,261,288]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1823,1848]" captionTargetBox="[229,1347,190,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[222,1365,181,1798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female genitalia (ovipositor, ventral view) of Lamiogethes spp. (a–c): a, L. falcatus sp. n. from China, Sichuan (female not selected as paratype); b, L. sagittalis sp. n., female from China, Shaanxi; c, L. unditibiis sp. n., female from China, Chongqing. Protibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (d–h): d, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; e, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; h, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Metatibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (i–j): i, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; j, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614543" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614543/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 3d</figureCitation>
). Male metatibiae peculiarly shaped, markedly arcuately sinuate along inner edge (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FDA01F32A9C1EB47" box="[549,640,297,323]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,182,1861]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[193,1394,179,1874]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus of Lamiogethes spp.: a, L. falcatus sp. n. male from China, Sichuan; b, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; c, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; d, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; e, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (Figs. a–e)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614539" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614539/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Figs. 1a</figureCitation>
, 
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<date id="FFC03995FFFCFF92FD081F32A9E5EB40" box="[653,676,297,324]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">3i</date>
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), and sickle-shaped along outer edge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421F56AE24EBD7" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421F56AA2CEB63" box="[199,365,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: distinctively shaped, with elongate and subparallel-sided tegmen (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FBE81F56AF80EB63" box="[1133,1217,333,359]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1910,1935]" captionTargetBox="[189,1386,205,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[182,1406,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male genitalia (tegmen and median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal view) of Lamiogethes spp.: a–b, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; c–d, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; e–f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g–h, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; i–j, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614541" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614541/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 2a</figureCitation>
), widest in middle, medial distal excision deep, narrowly V-shaped (ratio DTIN/LETE ≈ 0.44), inner margins of excision without any projection; ratio LETE/WITE ≈ 1.65. Median lobe of aedeagus large and long, ratio LEAE/WIAE&gt;3× longer than wide (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FF581FA2AA71EBD0" box="[221,304,441,468]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1910,1935]" captionTargetBox="[189,1386,205,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[182,1406,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male genitalia (tegmen and median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal view) of Lamiogethes spp.: a–b, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; c–d, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; e–f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g–h, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; i–j, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614541" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614541/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 2b</figureCitation>
), exhibiting maximum width close to proximal base, with suddenly narrowed, acute distal apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421FC6A9CFE83B" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421FC6AA5AEBF3" box="[199,283,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Female</emphasis>
: The only female referred to this species (see below) exhibits protarsi markedly narrower than in male (ratio WFTA/LFTA ≈ 0.25), and simple (not arcuate) metatibiae. Metaventrite almost flat, with a barely distinct but long longitudinal impressed stria, as in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421C52AABAE93F" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421C52AA7EE867" box="[199,319,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Ovipositor</emphasis>
: moderately large, with blunt apex, moderately sclerotized, not darkened distad (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FB511C52AE66E867" box="[1236,1319,585,611]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1823,1848]" captionTargetBox="[229,1347,190,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[222,1365,181,1798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female genitalia (ovipositor, ventral view) of Lamiogethes spp. (a–c): a, L. falcatus sp. n. from China, Sichuan (female not selected as paratype); b, L. sagittalis sp. n., female from China, Shaanxi; c, L. unditibiis sp. n., female from China, Chongqing. Protibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (d–h): d, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; e, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; h, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Metatibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (i–j): i, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; j, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614543" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614543/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
). Styli peculiarly small, barely distinct, positioned at apex and slightly oriented posteriad. Preapical area of coxites bearing a couple of long sensorial setae (
<figureCitation id="134503D0FFFCFF92FD941C8AA924E8AF" box="[529,613,657,683]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1823,1848]" captionTargetBox="[229,1347,190,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[222,1365,181,1798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female genitalia (ovipositor, ventral view) of Lamiogethes spp. (a–c): a, L. falcatus sp. n. from China, Sichuan (female not selected as paratype); b, L. sagittalis sp. n., female from China, Shaanxi; c, L. unditibiis sp. n., female from China, Chongqing. Protibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (d–h): d, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; e, L. hastipenis sp. n., male from China, Hubei; f, L. sagittalis sp. n., male from China, Shaanxi; g, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing; h, L. limaelytralis sp. n., male from China, Sichuan. Metatibiae of Lamiogethes spp. (i–j): i, L. falcatus sp. n., male from China, Sichuan; j, L. unditibiis sp. n., male from China, Chongqing. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (Figs. a–j)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3614543" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3614543/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
). Basal portions of gonocoxites obliquely oriented distad and V-shaped, apices laterally directed and bluntly rounded. The only available female exhibits a folded, poorly sclerotized, and partially damaged ovipositor, whose drawing (
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) has been in part assembled based on four renderings of the different sections of the same structure. For this reason the biometric measurements have not been recorded, and await better-preserved material.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421D5DAA6EE95B" box="[199,303,838,863]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Variation</emphasis>
: body size 
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(length) and 
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(width), and sexually dimorphic protarsal shape.
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421D73AE68E9EB" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421D73AAF3E987" bold="true" box="[199,434,872,899]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Examined material.</emphasis>
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, 
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: 
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<collectingCountry id="F3695FC5FFFCFF92FDCA1D73A9D9E987" box="[591,664,872,899]" name="China" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">China</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: 
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, Kangding, W portion of the town, 
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a.s.l., 
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, 
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, Audisio, Liu &amp; Huang lgt, sparsely forested and bushy area, beating flowering 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FAD31D96AEDDE9A3" box="[1366,1436,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Rubus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
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), (NWAU). 
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: same data as 
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, 
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(CAR-MZUR). Additional material that may be referred to the same species: same locality, 
<date id="FFC03995FFFCFF92FDFB1DCEA9A1E9EB" box="[638,736,981,1007]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" value="2017-05-08">8.v.2017</date>
, Chen lgt, by beating low vegetation, 
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(NWAU).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3644CDEFFFCFF92FF421DE3AE29EECC" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421DE3A9F1EE17" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" box="[199,688,1016,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421DE3AA20EE17" bold="true" box="[199,353,1016,1043]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</emphasis>
SW 
<collectingCountry id="F3695FC5FFFCFF92FE1D1DE2AA9AEE17" box="[408,475,1017,1043]" name="China" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">China</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49BAD1B7FFFCFF92FE6C1DE2A906EE10" box="[489,583,1017,1044]" country="China" name="Sichuan" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
) (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421A06AE29EECC" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421A06AA18EE33" bold="true" box="[199,345,1053,1079]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Host-plants.</emphasis>
Unknown, but certainly 
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based on placement in the genus and species complex host preferences. The above cited 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FE581A5AA962EE5F" box="[477,547,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Rubus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
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) was likely an occasional food-plant before or after the flowering season of the species’ larval host. Some other Chinese species of the moderately related 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FB0D1A7EAA26EEA7" authority="(Kirejtshuk, 1984)" authorityName="Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="1984" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasparyani">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FB0D1A7EAEDDEE7B" box="[1160,1436,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamiogethes kasparyani</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FF1A1A92AA1FEEA7" author="Kirejtshuk, A. G." box="[159,350,1161,1187]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="517 - 531" refId="ref9296" refString="Kirejtshuk, A. G. (1984) Novye vidy zhukov semeistv Nitidulidae i Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) fauny vostochnoy Palearktiki [New species of beetles of the families Nitidulidae and Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of the East Palaearctic fauna]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 63 (4), 517 - 531. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1984">Kirejtshuk, 1984</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FE1B1A91A892EEA7" authority="(Liu, Huang, Cline &amp; Audisio, 2017)" authorityName="Liu, Huang, Cline &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2017" baseAuthorityName="Liu, Huang, Cline &amp; Audisio" baseAuthorityYear="2017" box="[414,979,1161,1187]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forcipenis">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FE1B1A91A96AEEA7" box="[414,555,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. forcipenis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FDBF1A92A88AEEA7" author="Liu, M. K. &amp; Huang, M. &amp; Cline, A. R. &amp; Audisio, P." box="[570,971,1161,1187]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="145 - 150" refId="ref9559" refString="Liu, M. K., Huang, M., Cline, A. R. &amp; Audisio, P. (2017) Two new Lamiogethes Audisio &amp; Cline from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae). Fragmenta entomologica, 49 (2), 145 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.4081 / fe. 2017.256" type="journal article" year="2017">Liu, Huang, Cline &amp; Audisio, 2017</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
groups appear to be associated as larvae with 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF551AB5AA6DEEC3" box="[208,300,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FEEA1AB6AAADEECC" box="[367,492,1197,1224]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
) and related genera (
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FD531AB6A8F3EEC3" author="Audisio, P. &amp; Jelinek, J. &amp; Cooter, J." box="[726,946,1196,1223]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="111 - 127" refId="ref8659" refString="Audisio, P., Jelinek, J. &amp; Cooter, J. (2005) New and little-known species of Meligethes Stephens, 1830 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 45, 111 - 127." type="journal article" year="2005">
Audisio 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FCBD1AB5A831EEC3" box="[824,880,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
2005
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FC381AB6AF23EEC3" author="Liu, M. K. &amp; Huang, M. &amp; Cline, A. R. &amp; Audisio, P." box="[957,1122,1197,1223]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="145 - 150" refId="ref9559" refString="Liu, M. K., Huang, M., Cline, A. R. &amp; Audisio, P. (2017) Two new Lamiogethes Audisio &amp; Cline from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae). Fragmenta entomologica, 49 (2), 145 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.4081 / fe. 2017.256" type="journal article" year="2017">
Liu 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FC6E1AB5AF65EEC3" box="[1003,1060,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
2017
</bibRefCitation>
and unpublished data).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3644CDEFFFCFF92FF421ACBA87AEF53" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421ACBAB83EF0B" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421ACBAA6BEEEF" bold="true" box="[199,298,1232,1259]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Habitat.</emphasis>
Locality data indicate this species prefers the edges of high altitude sparsely forested and bushy areas.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421B02A87AEF53" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421B02AA08EF37" bold="true" box="[199,329,1305,1331]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Phenology.</emphasis>
The few available specimens were collected in middle June and probably also occur in early May, which indicates adult activity at least from late April to July.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3644CDEFFFCFF92FF421B7AA9C7EFA4" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421B7AA9C7EFA4" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421B7AAA0FEF7F" bold="true" box="[199,334,1377,1403]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FCFD1B7AA890EF7F" box="[888,977,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">falcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= sickle-shaped), due to its peculiarly sickle-shaped male metatibiae (
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, 
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<date id="FFC03995FFFCFF92FDE51B9EA939EFA4" box="[608,632,1413,1440]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">3i</date>
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3644CDEFFFCFF92FF421BB3AFA5EDDB" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC11F55FFFCFF92FF421BB3AFA5EDDB" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF421BB3AAFFEFC7" bold="true" box="[199,446,1448,1475]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
As reported above, this new species is vaguely similar in external shape to 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FA991BB1AEDDEFC7" box="[1308,1436,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. buyssoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Europe (see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FEDA1BD6AAB8EFE3" author="Audisio, P." box="[351,505,1485,1511]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" refId="ref8387" refString="Audisio, P. (1993) Coleoptera Nitidulidae - Kateretidae. Fauna d'Italia. 32. Edizioni, Calderini, Bologna, 971 pp." type="book" year="1993">Audisio 1993</bibRefCitation>
), as well as to other E Palearctic species of the genus; however, it is probably more closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FEE51BE9AAB1EC0F" authority="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio, 2020" authorityName="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2020" box="[352,496,1521,1547]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hastipenis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FEE51BE9AAB1EC0F" box="[352,496,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. hastipenis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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described below, sharing with the latter a similar overall body shape, 
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of punctation, and peculiarly sword-tip-shaped distal apex of the large and long median lobe of the aedeagus. Male specimens of the latter species are markedly different in having straight metatibiae, simple and narrower protarsi, more deeply impressed metaventrite, posterior edge of last abdominal ventrite with small shining tubercle, and differently shaped tegmen. We hypothesize that 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FD341899A866EC9F" authority="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio, 2020" authorityName="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2020" box="[689,807,1665,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="falcatus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FD341899A866EC9F" box="[689,807,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. falcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FCF21899AF47EC9F" authority="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio, 2020" authorityName="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2020" box="[887,1030,1665,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hastipenis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FCF21899AF47EC9F" box="[887,1030,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. hastipenis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FBD31899AF9BEC9F" authority="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio, 2020" authorityName="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2020" box="[1110,1242,1665,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sagittalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FBD31899AF9BEC9F" box="[1110,1242,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. sagittalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FADF1899ABA4ECBB" authority="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio, 2020" authorityName="Liu &amp; Yang &amp; Huang &amp; Cline &amp; Sabatelli &amp; Audisio" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unditibiis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FADF1899ABA4ECBB" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. unditibiis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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belong to the same species complex as 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FD6418BEA897ECBB" box="[737,982,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamiogethes ancestor</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FC6018BEAFE2ECBB" author="Kirejtshuk, A. G." box="[997,1187,1701,1727]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="833 - 851" refId="ref9258" refString="Kirejtshuk, A. G. (1980) New species of Meligethinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from the oriental region and adjacent territories. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 59 (4), 833 - 851." type="journal article" year="1980">Kirejtshuk, 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FB3918BEAE60ECBB" bold="true" box="[1212,1313,1701,1727]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">comb. n.</emphasis>
) from Hua Mts. (E 
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), known to the authors only based on the original description. This species was correctly placed by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FF3F18F6AAC0ED03" author="Kirejtshuk, A. G." box="[186,385,1773,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="833 - 851" refId="ref9258" refString="Kirejtshuk, A. G. (1980) New species of Meligethinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from the oriental region and adjacent territories. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 59 (4), 833 - 851." type="journal article" year="1980">Kirejtshuk (1980)</bibRefCitation>
within the previous “ 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FDF618F6A9AFED03" box="[627,750,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Meligethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” 
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(s.l.) 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FCBE18F6A8D6ED03" box="[827,919,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">difficilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, all other species of which have been later transferred to 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FE2F190AA978ED2F" box="[426,569,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamiogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FDE6190AA811ED2F" author="Audisio, P. &amp; Cline, A. R. &amp; De Biase, A. &amp; Antonini, G. &amp; Mancini, E. &amp; Trizzino, M. &amp; Costantini, L. &amp; Strika, S. &amp; Lamanna, F. &amp; Cerretti, P." box="[611,848,1809,1835]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="341 - 504" refId="ref8485" refString="Audisio, P., Cline, A. R., De Biase, A., Antonini, G., Mancini, E., Trizzino, M., Costantini, L., Strika, S., Lamanna, F. &amp; Cerretti, P. (2009) Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49 (2), 341 - 504." type="journal article" year="2009">
Audisio 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FD461909A9B5ED2F" box="[707,756,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
. (2009)
</bibRefCitation>
. In that paper, we tentatively and erroneously attributed 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FF4A192DAA0CED4B" box="[207,333,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. ancestor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the unrelated genus 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FDD6192EA8EBED4B" authority="Audisio &amp; Cline" authorityName="Audisio &amp; Cline" authorityYear="2009" box="[595,938,1845,1871]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Sagittogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FDD6192EA9ABED4B" box="[595,746,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Sagittogethes</emphasis>
Audisio &amp; Cline
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FC3C192EAFD7ED4B" author="Audisio, P. &amp; Cline, A. R. &amp; De Biase, A. &amp; Antonini, G. &amp; Mancini, E. &amp; Trizzino, M. &amp; Costantini, L. &amp; Strika, S. &amp; Lamanna, F. &amp; Cerretti, P." box="[953,1174,1845,1871]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="341 - 504" refId="ref8485" refString="Audisio, P., Cline, A. R., De Biase, A., Antonini, G., Mancini, E., Trizzino, M., Costantini, L., Strika, S., Lamanna, F. &amp; Cerretti, P. (2009) Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49 (2), 341 - 504." type="journal article" year="2009">
Audisio 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FB9E192DAF12ED4B" box="[1051,1107,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
2009
</bibRefCitation>
), due to the convergent shape of the distal apex of the aedeagus. 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FDD91942A813ED77" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="1980" box="[604,850,1881,1907]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ancestor">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FDD91942A813ED77" box="[604,850,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamiogethes ancestor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the five new species described herein all share a rather peculiar shape of the distal portion of the aedeagus, distinctly sword-tip-shaped like in most species of 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FADC1966ABB5EDBF" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Sagittogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a trait unknown in any other described 
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<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FD2A19BAA87FEDBF" box="[687,830,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Lamiogethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As discussed above, all these species are probably not distantly related from 
<taxonomicName id="4C7E64D6FFFCFF92FE0A19DDA968EDDB" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[399,553,1989,2015]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Lamiogethes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasparyani">
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FE0A19DDA968EDDB" box="[399,553,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">L. kasparyani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other taxa of NE and Central 
<collectingCountry id="F3695FC5FFFCFF92FC2C19DEA8ADEDDB" box="[937,1004,1989,2015]" name="China" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF62A4FFFCFF92FC7E19DEAF99EDDB" author="Audisio, P. &amp; Jelinek, J. &amp; Cooter, J." box="[1019,1240,1988,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65" pagination="111 - 127" refId="ref8659" refString="Audisio, P., Jelinek, J. &amp; Cooter, J. (2005) New and little-known species of Meligethes Stephens, 1830 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 45, 111 - 127." type="journal article" year="2005">
Audisio 
<emphasis id="B90AC347FFFCFF92FBD919DDAFD5EDDB" box="[1116,1172,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
2005
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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