title: Description of a new species of Sinocaulus Fairmaire from China (Coleoptera: Dascillidae).
abstract: A new species of the genus Sinocaulus Fairmaire, 1878, S. truncatus sp. nov., is described from Guizhou, China. Based on the strongly protuberant eyes, the new species is similar to S. omiensis Jin, Ślipiński & Pang, 2013 from Sichuan, but differs from that species in the truncate phallobase of the aedeagus and ventral lobes slightly shorter than dorsal lobe. Distributional data and a key to all four species of Sinocaulus are provided.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Agricultural College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; Email: ahk_731@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australian National Insect Collection, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.; Email: Adam.Slipinski@ento.csiro.au.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ślipiński
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Agricultural College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China.; Email: w_wenkai@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Wenkai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity