First record of Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) from China with description of a new species of Sarothrias Grouvelle.
The family Jacobsoniidae Heller () is newly recorded from China upon the discovery of Sarothriassinicus Bi & Chen, sp. n. () from Motuo, Southeast Xizang. Description and illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic features of the new taxon are provided. A key to the species of Sarothrias and some ecological notes on the new species are presented.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China ; Room 401, No. 2, Lane 155, Lianhua South Road, Shanghai, 201100, China.
Wen-Xuan
WX
Bi
NPS office, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, China.
Chang-Chin
CC
Chen
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101, China.
Mei-Ying
MY
Lin
Jacobsoniidae; Oriental region; Sarothrias; new record; new species; taxonomy