Stenoxylita quadrifasciata sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Guizhou, southwest China

Abstract

The genus Stenoxylita Nomura, 1959 (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) currently contains two species, Stenoxylita trialbofasciata (Hayashi & Katö, 1956) from Japan and Shaanxi, China (Konvička 2015) and Stenoxylita sasajii Toyoshima, 2001 from North Vietnam. We discovered a new species of the genus from the Mountain Leigong of Guizhou Province, China.A new species, Stenoxylita quadrifasciata sp. nov., is described from Mountain Leigong, Leishan County, Guizhou Province of southwest China. It is the third species of this genus and the second species of this genus from mainland China.

Keywords

• false darkling beetles
• melandryid
• Leigongshan
• Q