Abstract
In this paper, two new species of the genus Gabrius from China are described and illustrated: G. zhoui sp. nov. from Sichuan and G. invisus sp. nov. from Beijing, Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Gabrius imitator (Fauvel, Citation1895), G. lebedevi (Bernhauer, Citation1910), G. tirolensis (Luze, Citation1903), G. kambaitiensis Scheerpeltz, Citation1965, G. cinctiventris Scheerpeltz, Citation1965, G. egens (Sharp, Citation1874), G. smetanai Schillhammer, Citation1997 and G. zerchei Schillhammer, Citation1996 are reported from China for the first time. Thus, a total of 53 species of the genus Gabrius are known from China.
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to express their sincere gratitude to the persons mentioned in the Materials and methods chapter for providing specimens. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC–31071909, NSFC–J0930004), the National Key Technology R&D Program (2008BAC39B02), CAS Innovation Program (KSCX2–YW–Z–0910), and a grant from the Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution of CAS (No. O529YX5105).