A New Species of Genus Dicronocephalus Hope in Yunnan 
China ( Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae )

Jia-Chang Zhang*; Hanchi Gao

doi:10.70711/frim.v3i5.6494

A New Species of Genus Dicronocephalus Hope in Yunnan China ( Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae )

Jia-Chang Zhang*, Hanchi Gao

Abstract

Dicronocephalus zhangi sp. nov is described from Yunnan, China. The new species is closely related to D. adamsi Pascoe, 1863 and
D. chenliae Qiu, 2023. Description of diagnostic characteristics to distinguish it from closely related species are provided.

Keywords

Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae; Goliathini; Dicronocephalus; Yunnan; China; Asia

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/frim.v3i5.6494

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