An extraordinary new species of the genus Syncosmetus Sharp, 1891 (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Yunnan, China

摘要

Syncosmetus yunnanensis sp. nov. is described based on female and male adult specimens collected in the Yunnan Province, China. The new species is unique among Syncosmetus and all other Ciidae species in the presence of four longitudinal ridges on the pronotum. Habitat information of the new species, as far as an identification key to the described Syncosmetus species and a geographic distribution map of all known Chinese species of the genus are provided.