Six new species of the genus Laena Dejean from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae).

ABSTRACT: Six new species of Laena Dejean, Laena quadratasp. n. and Laena motoganasp. n.(China: Xizang), Laena chiloriluxasp. n., Laena dentatasp. n. and Laena liangisp. n. (China: Yunnan), Laena dentatocrassasp. n. (China: Hainan Island, representing new province record of the genus) are described, complemented with photos of habitus, illustrations of legs, antenna, aedeagus and last abdominal ventrite of male and female. Type specimens are deposited in both the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China and the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart, Germany.A key to the 102 Chinese species of genus Laena is provided.

SUBMITTER: Xiao-Lin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3317615 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature