Description of a new species of Campsosternus Latreille, 1834 from northern Sichuan, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Abstract
A new species of the rainbow click-beetle genus Campsosternus Latreille, 1834, Campsosternus pingwuensis L. Qiu, Y.-Y. Ruan & J.-Y. Qiu, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Pingwu County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China. The new species is morphologically similar to Campsosternus gemma Candèze, 1857, but can be readily distinguished from the latter by its smaller body size, the characteristic shape of the sides of pronotum and elytral base, the distinctly longer and strongly serrate antennae in males, and the different shape of the parameres. A distribution map and habitat photographs of the new species are also provided.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Nak jaṃnāñ khāng pāṇakasāstr Iṇḍūcin =
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 15–22
- Publication date
- 10 January 2026