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ABSTRACT
The genus Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos previously included two subgenera and five species, among which one species P. (Malayamantis) bimaculatus (Wang, 1993) is distributed in south-western China, and the other four are distributed in south-eastern Asia. Here, the identification of this genus is reviewed, P. (M.) bimaculatus is redescribed in detail, and one new species, P. (M.) tricolor Wu and Liu sp. nov., is described from the Himalayas. A key to the species of Pliacanthopus, necessary illustrations and life images of Pliacanthopus species are presented. The updated distribution of the genus Pliacanthopus is mapped.
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F14E01E4-93E7-4BBE-8A38-141BD2B62054
Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank Mr Chang-Chin Chen (Tianjin), for his support and help in research. We thank Mr Xiao-Dong Yang (Sichuan), Mr Wen-Xuan Bi (Shanghai) and Mr Hao Huang (Shandong) for their close friendships with the first author during the Tibet investigation. Our thanks go to Mr Yu-Chen Zheng (Fujian), Mr Wen-Kai Kou (Beijing), Mr Jia-Zhi Zhang (Shanghai), Mr Cheng-Hao Li (Henan) and Mr Zhao-Nan Xia (A’ hui) for providing us with valuable specimens and to Mr Qin Yuan (Beijing) for loaning us some specimens. We are very grateful to Xian-Wei Liu (Shanghai Entomological Museum, Shanghai) for helping us check the type specimen. We also express our thanks to Reinhard Ehrmann (Karlsruhe, Germany) and to Mr Chih-Ting Hsu (Taiwan) for help in collecting literature and significant suggestions. Last but not least, we are very grateful to Dr Andrew Polaszek (London, UK) and the anonymous reviewers for their careful reviews and valuable comments.
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