Taxonomic study on specimens of the genus Micrencaustes deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Coleoptera, Erotylidae)

Jing Li; Yan-Chen Zhao; Guo-Dong Ren; Zhiqiang Cheng

doi:10.3897/zookeys.645.11003

Taxonomic study on specimens of the genus Micrencaustes deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Coleoptera, Erotylidae)

Zookeys. 2017 Jan 12:(645):27-35. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.645.11003. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Jing Li¹, Yan-Chen Zhao¹, Guo-Dong Ren², Zhiqiang Cheng³

Affiliations

¹ College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, P. R. China.
² College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China.
³ Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.

Abstract

Specimens of the genus Micrencaustes deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum were studied. Two new species Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) rotundimaculata sp. n. and Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) serratimaculata sp. n. are described and illustrated. A key to worldwide species of the subgenus Mimencaustes is provided.

Keywords: Australia; Philippines; key; new species; taxonomy.