{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["1103"],"submitter":["Qiu L"],"pubmed_abstract":["Two new flightless click beetle species, <i>Pseudocsikiachoui</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Pseudocsikiachanjuan</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble <i>P.formosana</i>, which is endemic to Taiwan, by the strongly protruding pronotal anterior angles accompanied by pits and the shape of aedeagus. They can be all grouped as the <i>P.formosana</i>-species group. A key to the species of the <i>P.formosana</i>-species group and an updated checklist of Chinese <i>Pseudocsikia</i> with supplementary notes on type localities are provided. The discovery of two new species highlights the potential species-richness of the flightless click-beetles on Taiwan Island."],"journal":["ZooKeys"],"pagination":["123-138"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9848779"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Descriptions of two new flightless species of <i>Pseudocsikia</i> Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the <i>formosana</i> species-group."],"pmcid":["PMC9848779"],"pubmed_authors":["Kundrata R","Qiu L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Descriptions of two new flightless species of <i>Pseudocsikia</i> Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the <i>formosana</i> species-group.","description":"Two new flightless click beetle species, <i>Pseudocsikiachoui</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Pseudocsikiachanjuan</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble <i>P.formosana</i>, which is endemic to Taiwan, by the strongly protruding pronotal anterior angles accompanied by pits and the shape of aedeagus. They can be all grouped as the <i>P.formosana</i>-species group. A key to the species of the <i>P.formosana</i>-species group and an updated checklist of Chinese <i>Pseudocsikia</i> with supplementary notes on type localities are provided. The discovery of two new species highlights the potential species-richness of the flightless click-beetles on Taiwan Island.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-18T21:17:20.423Z","creation":"2025-04-07T09:15:32.099Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9848779","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36761788"],"doi":["10.3897/zookeys.1103.84015"]}}