Kazantsev S.V. 2025. A new species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from southern China, with taxonomic notes // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.24. No.1: 1–5 [in English].
Insect Centre, Donetskaya Str. 13–326, Moscow 109651 Russia. E-mail: kazantss@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-3337
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.24.01.01
ABSTRACT. A new species of the genus Plateros Bourgeois, 1879, P. guomenshanicus Kazantsev sp.n., is described from southern Yunnan. Three species, P. anguliplanatus Kazantsev, 2021, P. nanensis Kazantsev, 2011 and P. tamdaoensis Kazantsev, 2021, previously known only from Indochina, are registered in China for the first time. Plateros dinghuensis Fang, Yang, Yang et Liu, 2024, syn.n. is synonymized with Plateros tamdaoensis Kazantsev, 2021. The number of species of the genus in China is raised to 57. A replacement name Plateros yangorum nom.n. pro Plateros nigripennis Fang, Yang, Yang et Liu, 2024, from southeastern China (Guangxi), nec Plateros nigripennis Kazantsev, 2011, from Costa Rica, is proposed. Provided is a list of Plateros species of China.
KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Lycidae, new species, taxonomy, Palaearctic.