New lycids from China (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

Abstract

Thirteen new lycid species (Coleoptera, Lycidae) are described f rom China: Pyropterus (Helcophorus) tricolor n. sp., Xylobanellus gansuensis n. sp., Cautires bulenoides n. sp., C. yengi n. sp., C. mao n. sp., C. vigens n. sp., C. sichuanensis n. sp., C. galae n. sp., Xylobanus montiphionus n. sp., Libnetis xilingensis n. sp., L. monachus n. sp., L. latrunculus n. sp. and L. confucius n. sp. This is the first record of Xylobanellus Kleine, 1930, in China. Only basally sclerotized paramerae are for the first time described in Pyropterus Mulsant, 1838.