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21 December 2023 Distribution and Variability of Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918 from China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Plastocerini)
Lu Qiu, Yongying Ruan, Zhengzhong Huang, Wei Wei, Robin Kundrata
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Abstract

Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918 was originally described from Vietnam and later reported from Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces of China. Here, we examined four specimens and provided the first records for Henan, Jiangxi, and Hong Kong. We confirmed this species is variable in the shape of the pronotum, and we also report and illustrate variability in the male pregenital segments and aedeagus. Additionally, we provide an updated distribution map for P. thoracicus.

Lu Qiu, Yongying Ruan, Zhengzhong Huang, Wei Wei, and Robin Kundrata "Distribution and Variability of Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918 from China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Plastocerini)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 77(4), 650-654, (21 December 2023). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.4.650
Received: 12 July 2023; Accepted: 20 October 2023; Published: 21 December 2023
KEYWORDS
click beetles
Dendrometrinae
Elateroidea
morphology
Plastoceridae
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