First records of Glaresidae (Coleoptera) in China, with the description of a new species from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi

Abstract

Two species of Glaresis Erichson, 1848 (Coleoptera: Glaresidae) are reported from China. Glaresis ordosensis new species from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi is described and compared with the similar species G. orientalis Medvedev, 1976 and G. oxiana Semenov, 1892. Glaresis orientalis, previously known only from Mongolia, is recorded from China (Inner Mongolia), for the first time. A key for the identification of Middle and Central Asian species of Glaresis is provided.

Glaresis hespericula sp. n. from the Cape Verde Islands (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Glaresidae)

“…For morphological terms used in the description we largely follow Gordon and Hanley (2014) and Král et al (2017).…”

“…Fossil records of seven mesozoic glaresids are classified in three genera ( Cretoglaresis Nikolajev, 2007; Glaresis and Lithoglaresis Nikolajev, 2007) (Bai et al 2014). Currently 82 extant species are assigned to the genus Glaresis (Král and Bezděk 2016; Gordon and Hanley 2014; Král and Batelka 2017; Král et al 2017; Paulsen 2016; Zidek 2015). …”