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Four new species of the genus Tasactes Faust, 1894 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae) from China

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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Four new species of Tasactes Faust, 1894 are described from China: Tasactes angustus sp. nov., Tasactes ocellatus sp. nov., Tasactes pilosus sp. nov. from Xizang Autonomous Region, and Tasactes baoxingensis sp. nov. from Sichuan Province. Diagnostic characters are delineated through comparative morphology, supported by high-resolution habitus photographs and a key, with a distribution map of these species also provided.

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