Genus Neodima Schimmel & Platia, 1992 R叩fflƌ

Neodima Schimmel & Platia, 1992: 299 (original description); Schimmel 1996: 153; Cate et al. 2007: 184 (catalogue); Kundrata et al. 2018: 29 (catalogue); Kundrata et al. 2019: 43 (revision).

Type species. Neodima sichuanensis Schimmel & Platia, 1992.

Checklist of Neodima species

Neodima sichuanensis Schimmel & Platia, 1992 川R叩ffl— Sichuan (Leshan: Mt. Emei)

Neodima cechovskyi Schimmel, 1998 IJ 氏R叩ffl— Sichuan (Dujiangyan: Mt. Qingchengshan)

Neodima belousovi Prosvirov & Kundrata, 2019 in Kundrata et al. (2019) AE氏R叩ffl— Sichuan (Ya’an: Hanyuan) Neodima yutangi sp. nov. Ṫ堂R叩ffl— Sichuan (Mianyang: Beichuan)

Key to species of genus Neodima

1. Elytra short, up to 1.75 times longer than wide; frontal margin of mesanepisternum distinctly concave........................................................................................... N. sichuanensis Schimmel & Platia

-. Elytra elongate, more than 1.85 times longer than wide; frontal margin of mesanepisternum straight.................... 2

2. Elytra more or less uniformly colored, without stripes........................................................ 3

-. Elytra bicolored, with distinct dark longitudinal stripes. Median lobe of aedeagus internally with small sclerotized hook-like sclerite................................................................... N. belousovi Prosvirov & Kundrata

3. Hind angles of pronotum less divergent, punctures on pronotum large and dense (Fig. 4D of Kundrata et al. 2019); prosternal process apico-ventrally strongly declivous and dorsally straight. Male unknown.................. N. cechovskyi Schimmel

-. Hind angles of pronotum more divergent, punctures on pronotum small and sparse (Fig. 2A); apex of prosternal process distinctly curved ventrad. Aedeagus with a large, elongate and serrated sclerite inside median lobe......... N. yutangi sp. nov.