Wang C.-B., He T.-L., He L., Zhou C.

Two new species of Lucanus Scopoli, 1763 from Yunnan, Southwest China (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae)

Number: 470, Pages: 8 - 22

The stag beetle genus Lucanus Scopoli, 1763 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae, Lucaninae, Lucanini) consists of 118 species (without subspecies), of which 64 species known from China. Two new species, Lucanusniu sp. n. and Lucanus zenghuae sp. n., are described from Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Diagnostic characters of the two new species are illustrated and compared with closely related congeners.

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