Wednesday, March 8, 2023

N. 68: K. Matsuda & Uika Ong

G. it. Ent., 16 (68): 631-634

March 2023


A new species of the lycid genus Xylobanellus Kleine, 1930 from Taiwan

(Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae: Conderini) 


by


KIYOSHI MATSUDA * & UIKA ONG **


* Matsugaoka 15-27, Hanayashiki, Takarazuka, Hyogo, 665-0801, JAPAN.

   E-mail: shu-z@jn2.so-net.ne.jp

** No. 17, Ln. 140, Sec. 3, Linsen Rd., North Dist., Tainan, 704012, TAIWAN.

   E-mail: tacotacola@gmail.com


Abstract - A new species of the lycid genus Xylobanellus Kleine, 1930 - X. shigeoi sp. nov. - is described from central Taiwan. The new species is the second record of the tribe Conderini Bocak & Bocakova, 1990 in the lycid fauna of Taiwan.