Two new species of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from western Yunnan, China

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huang, Hao, Chen, Chang-Chin (2016): Two new species of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from western Yunnan, China. Insecta Mundi 2016 (516): 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170948

Abstract. Himaloaesalus gaoligongshanus Huang and Chen, new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) is described from the Gaoligongshan Mts., Yunnan, China. It is the fifth species of the genus Himaloaesalus Huang and Chen. This new species is similar to the Himalayan species Himaloaesalus himalayicus Kurosawa and H. saburoi Araya et al., from which it is distinguished. The male and female genitalia of all the known species of Himaloaesalus are illustrated. Dorcus yongreni Huang and Chen, new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) is described from Ruili area, Yunnan, China. It belongs to the elegans group (Huang and Chen 2013). This new species is similar to the Indian species Dorcus apatani (Okuda and Maeda), new combination, originally described in Digonophorus Waterhouse. The male genitalia of both species are compared and illustrated.

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