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Abstract: Chinese species of the genus Melaneros Fairmaire, 1877 are treated in the paper. Noneteen species are recognized, of which 13 are new to science. Melaneros businskyi sp. n., M. dubius sp. n., M. fukienensis sp. n., M. incurvus sp. n., M. infuscatus sp. n., M. jizushanensis sp. n., M. kubani sp. n., M. moxiensis sp. n., M. rubens sp. n., M. sichuanensis sp. n., M. tryznai sp. n., M. weibaoshanensis sp. n. and M. yunnanensis sp. n. Plateros sycophanta Fairmaire, 1888, Plateros formosanus Pic, 1921 and Plateros flavomarginatus Kleine, 1936 are made junior synonyms of Melaneros chinensis (Waterhouse, 1879). Plateros tuberculatus Pic, 1921, Plateros fulgens Kleine, 1933, Ditoneces incisicollis Pic, 1921 and D. sulcatithorax Pic, 1925 are made junior synonyms of Melaneros planatus (Waterhouse, 1879). The species Plateros tenebrans Kleine, 1950 is transferred to the genus Libnetis Waterhouse, 1878 and species Plateros glaber Kleine, 1950 is transferred to the genus Lucidina Castelnau, 1833 of the family Lampyridae. Lectotype of Melaneros sordidus (Fairmaire, 1889) is designated and species M. harmandi (Bourgeois, 1902) is recorded from China for the first time. |
