March 2026
Five new taxa of the genera Phelotrupes and Odontotrypes from China
(Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae)
by
TERUO OCHI *, MASAHIRO KON ** & MING BAI ***
* Kôhûdai 5-21-6, Toyono-cho, 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, 25 Beishuanxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing
100080, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Abstract - Five new taxa of Odontotrypes and Phelotrupes are described from China: Odontotrypes (Odontotrypes) semiemei sp. nov.; O. (Thorectomimus) semenowi manigangoensis ssp. nov.; Phelotrupes (Sinogeotrupes) tianmumontis sp. nov.; P. (Eogeotrupes) yunnanomontanus sp. nov.; P. (Phelotrupes) emeimontis sp. nov.
