Taxonomic Study On Coccinellidae (Coeleptera) From Shanxi Province

The present paper dealt with the classification of the beetle family Coccinellidae in Shanxi Province. Coccinellid fauna of Shanxi was reltatively less studied and a checklist of the family was published in 1999, containing 41 species. With extensive collection in Shanxi Province in 2005 and 2006, a total of 63 species were collected and dealt with in this paper, belonging to 6 subfamilies and 26 genera. Of these species, 33are new to Shanxi, including 3 described as new to science, all the types are deposited at the Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Beijing. 1 described as new record to Mainland China, and 29 as new record to Shanxi Province. Up to now, 72 coccinellid species have been recorded in this province. Finally, we estimate the total number of lady beetles occurred in this province comes to about 100 species. Following are the new taxa to Shanxi.New species:Sasajiscymnus ligulaceus sp. nov.Sasajiscymnus zhongtiaoshan sp. nov.Sasajiscymnus acerosus sp. nov.New record to Mainland China:Nephus quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783)New record to Shanxi:Nephus ziguiensis Yu, 1997Nephus (Bipunctatus) neixiangicus Yu, 2000Nephus (Nephus) phosphorus (Lewis, 1896)Sasajiscymnus curvatus (Yu, 2000)Scymnus (Pullus) japonicus Weise, 1879Scymnus (Pullus) yaling Yu, 2000Scymnus (Pullus) ancontophyllus Ren et Pang, 1992Scymnus (Pullus) penicilliformis Yu, 2000Scymnus (Pullus) yangi Yu et Pang, 2000Scymnus (Pullus) posticalis Sicard, 1912Scymnus (Pullus) rectoides Sasaji, 1971Scymnus (Pullus) centralis Kamiya, 1965Scymnus (Scymnus) crinitus Fürsch, 1966Scymnus (Scymnus) folchnii Canepari, 1979Scymnus (Scymnus) dolichonychus Yu et Pang, 1994Scymnus (Scymnus) sp.Shirozuella parenthesis Yu, 2000Epilachna insignis Gorham, 1982Epilachna quadricollis (Dieke, 1947)Epilachna apicilaris Yu, 2000Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)Calvia muiri (Timberlake, 1943)Oenopia scalaris (Timberlake, 1943)Oenopia sp.Hyperaspis gyotokui Kamiya, 1963Sumnius brunneus Jing, 1983Serangium japonicum Chapin, 1940Diomus sp.New species described as below:1. Sasajiscymnus ligulaceus sp. nov.Body length 1.4mm, width 1.0 mm. Body small and elongately oval. Head black and mouthparts brown, antennae yellow. Pronotum black. Scutellum Black. Elytra black with narrow apex of elytron brown. The postcoxal line incomplete, with a few coarse and sparely punctures at the area surrounded by the postcoxal line on the first abdominal. Apical part of sipho lingua-shaped.Holotype: ♂ , Tianpanshan, Yuanqu County, Shanxi, 8-VII-2006, Geng Yundong.Etymology: The name refers to the shape of the sipho.2. Sasajiscymnus zhongtiaoshan sp. nov.Body length 2.6 mm, width1.8 mm. Body large and widst oval. Head black and mouthparts brown Scutellum Black. Pronotum black with apical margin brown. Elytra black with narrow apex of elytron brown. Sipho very slender and extremely long, with very curved at basal part and weakly at apical part. Median piece of tcgmen slighely narrowing apically.Holotype: ♂ , zhongtiaoshan, Yuanqu County, Shanxi, 8-VII-2006, Geng Yundong.Etymology: The name refers to the type locality.3. Sasajiscymnus acerosus sp. nov.Body length 1.9-2.5 mm, width 1.3-1.5 mm. Body and elongately oval. Head black and sutellum Black. Pronotum black. Elytra black with a reddish brown, of which anterior border slightly convex anteriorly on each elytron and occupying one-sixth the elytral length. Sipho relatively short with acerose shape apex.Holotype: 1 ♂ , 4♀, zhongtiaoshan, Yuanqu County, Shanxi, 8-VII-2006, Geng Yundong. 12 ♂ , 14♀, mianshan, Jiexiu city, Shanxi, 12- VII-2006, Geng Yundong.Etymology: The name refers to the shape of the sipho.