Zhi-Teng Chen

New cavernicolous species of the genus Challia Burr, 1904 (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae, Challiinae) from China

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A new species of the genus Challia Burr, 1904 (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae, Challiinae), Challia guilinensis sp. n., is described and illustrated based on male from a karst cave in China. The new species differs from the congeners by the morphology of forceps and genitalia. Holotype is deposited in the Insect Collection of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province, China.

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