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The first discovery of brachypterous stag beetle in Eurasia: A remarkable new genus and species of the tribe Figulini Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) from southwestern China

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  • 1. College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
  • 2. College of Bee Science and Biomedicine, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
  • 3. Guhu Street, Longchang, Neijiang 642150, China.

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Xin, Fei-Yi, Gong, Jia-Xian, Zhong, Xiao-Tian, Qi, Zhi-Hao (2025): The first discovery of brachypterous stag beetle in Eurasia: A remarkable new genus and species of the tribe Figulini Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) from southwestern China. Zootaxa 5728 (3): 531-548, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.10

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