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SUBMITTER: Lai S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8044065 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lai Shengchang S Zhang Ling L Li You Y Wang Jianguo J
ZooKeys 20210406
This study describes a new species, <i>Crossotarsus beaveri</i> Lai & Wang, <b>sp. nov.</b>, designates a new combination, <i>C. brevis</i> (Browne, 1975, <b>comb. nov.</b> from <i>Platypus</i> Herbst, 1793), and notes a new record, <i>C. emorsus</i> Beeson, 1937, from China. Genetic data from four genes indicate that the new species and <i>C. brevis</i> form a clade clustered with other <i>Crossotarsus</i> species. Molecular phylogeny and morphological characters support their taxonomic placeme ...[more]