The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China..
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China..
Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 2;4980(3):541557. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.5.
We present further information on the very diverse Chinese fauna of soldier beetles. Four new species of Lycocerus hickeri species-group are described, L. mainriensis sp. nov., L. guangxiensis sp. nov., L. rufipennis sp. nov. and L. acutiapicis sp. nov., and L. nigrobilineatus Pic, 1916 is transferred to this group and redescribed. All species are illustrated with habitus photos of both sexes, aedeagi of males, abdominal sternites VIII and reproductive systems of females. Two secondary homonyms are replaced. L. hickerimimus nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for L. sichuanus Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2014, which is preoccupied by L. sichuanus (Wittmer, 1995), and L. parahickeri nom. nov. for L. hubeiensis Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2014, not L. hubeiensis (Švihla, 2004). Distribution data are provided for the previously known species, and a map is presented for this species group. A key for identification of the species of this species-group is updated.
我们提供了有关中国甲虫物种的更多信息。描述了四个新的 Lycocerus hickeri 物种群，即 L. mainriensis sp. nov.、L. guangxiensis sp. nov.、L. rufipennis sp. nov. 和 L. acutiapicis sp. nov.，并将 L. nigrobilineatus Pic, 1916 转移到该组并重新描述。所有物种都有两性的形态照片、雄性的阳茎、腹部第八节腹板和雌性的生殖系统进行说明。两个次要同物异名被替换。L. hickerimimus nom. nov. 被提议作为 L. sichuanus Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2014 的替代名称，该名称已被 L. sichuanus (Wittmer, 1995) 占据，而 L. parahickeri nom. nov. 则取代了 L. hubeiensis Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2014，而不是 L. hubeiensis (Švihla, 2004)。提供了以前已知物种的分布数据，并为该物种组提供了地图。更新了该物种组物种的鉴定钥匙。
