A New Species of Genus Dicronocephalus Hope from Taiwan
China(Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Cetoniinae)

Jia-Chang Zhang

doi:10.70711/frim.v4i2.8801

A New Species of Genus Dicronocephalus Hope from Taiwan China(Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Cetoniinae)

Jia-Chang Zhang

Abstract

Dicronocephalus taiwanensis sp.nov. is described from Taiwan, China.The new species is closely related to D.uenoi Y.Kurosawa,
1968.Description of diagnostic characteristics to distinguish it from closely related species are provided.

Keywords

Scarabaeidae; Cetoniidae; Goliathini; Dicronocephalus; New species; Taiwan China; Asia

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/frim.v4i2.8801

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