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Abstract
The Chinese species of the genus Thoracostrongylus Bernhauer, Citation1915 are reviewed. Five new species are described: Thoracostrongylus acerosus sp. nov. from Sichuan and Hubei, Th. aduncatus sp. nov. from Yunnan, Th. baoxingensis sp. nov. from Sichuan, Th. diaoluoensis sp. nov. from Hainan and Th. fujianensis sp. nov. from Fujian. Thoracostrongylus birmanus (Fauvel, Citation1895) is recorded from China for the first time. Male genitalia and other critical characters are illustrated not only for the new species but also for the remaining Chinese species, namely Th. formosanus Shibata, Citation1982, Th. malaisei Scheerpeltz, Citation1965, Th. miyakei Bernhauer, Citation1943 and Th. velutinus Scheerpeltz, Citation1965.
Acknowledgements
We want to thank Dr. Roger G. Booth (Natural History Museum, London, UK), Dr. Alfred F. Newton and Dr. James H. Boone (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA) for loaning specimens. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-31071909), the National Key Technology R&D Program (2008BAC39B02), the CAS Innovation Program (KSCX2-YW-Z-0910), the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research (special subjects in animal taxonomy), and a grant from the Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution of CAS (No. O529YX5105).