Two new species of Xenysmoderodes from China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)
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Ni Yang1, Runzhi Zhang, Li Ren
1CAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China.
Abstract:
Xenysmoderodes Yoshitake, 2007, belonging to the tribe Mecysmoderini, was described as a monotypic genus from Japan, including the species X. sasajii Yoshitake. Two new species, X. concavius sp. nov. and X. flos sp. nov., are described here from China, providing a new country record for this genus. We revise the description of the genus based on three species and present an updated key to the species.
