March 2022
Four new species of Nothochodaeus Nikolajev, 2005
from mainland China
(Coleoptera, Ochodaeidae)
by
TERUO OCHI *, MASAHIRO KON ** & MING BAI ***
* Kôhûdai 5-21-6, Toyono-chô, Toyono-gun, Osaka, 563-0104 JAPAN.
** Pressance Kyodai-Higashi 406, 116-3 Nishida-chô, Jôdôji, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8417 JAPAN.
*** Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Abstract - Four new species of Nothochodaeus are described from China: N. yunnanicus sp. nov. from Yingjiang, Yunnan; N. schoolmeestersi sp. nov. from Di Qing, Yunnan; N. guangxiensis sp. nov. from Guangxi; N. yingjiangensis sp. nov. from Yingjiang, Yunnan. N. monglaensis Ochi, Kon & Kakizoe is newly recorded from Jing Hong, Yunnan. A key to the species of Nothochodaeus from mainland China is also provided.
