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8E4FD992A6BA5D48AEA2DBFE85007FEE.text	8E4FD992A6BA5D48AEA2DBFE85007FEE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros bachmaensis Kazantsev & Pham 2026	<div><p>Plateros bachmaensis Kazantsev &amp; Pham, 2026</p><p>Figs 5 J – L, 6 B</p><p>Plateros bachmaensis Kazantsev &amp; Pham, 2026: 254, figs 1 A, B, 2 D, E.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Hainan: ♂ (MHBU), Changjiang, Bawangling, 750 m, 5. vi 2008, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang .</p><p>Descriptive notes.</p><p>Body length 8.9–10.2 mm (male), width at humeri 2.3–2.4 mm (male).</p><p>Male (Fig. 6 B). Body black-brown to black. Pronotum, scutellum, and elytra sepia, coxae, and femora brown. Surface covered with short, sepia-coloured pubescence.</p><p>Head dorsally flat; eyes large, interocular distance 1.1 × eye diameter. Antennae serrate, reaching elytral half part when inclined; antennomeres III – X triangular, with their length 1.5–2.5 × width; antennomere III 2.7 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.6 × longer than III; antennomeres IV – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 0.9 × length; anterior margin arched acutely forward, lateral margins slightly sinuate, posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles acute and distinctly postero-laterally projecting.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 2.9 × width, 5.4 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed, subequal in width.</p><p>Phallus 3.2 × as long as phallobase, abruptly narrowed apically, longitudinally grooved dorsally at apical part, laterally bent at basal 1 / 3 in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 5 J, K), generally hoe-shaped and sinuate in lateral view, strongly protruding dorsally at subapical part, with protrusion at a 90 ° angle to trunk, triangular at lateroapical angles (Fig. 5 L), appearing like a pair of wings in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 5 J, K), feebly globally expanded near base (Fig. 5 J – L).</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (new record: Hainan); Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E4FD992A6BA5D48AEA2DBFE85007FEE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
44E25EFC0C90528D98BA41D3DE094226.text	44E25EFC0C90528D98BA41D3DE094226.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros belokobylskyi Kazantsev 2011	<div><p>Plateros belokobylskyi Kazantsev, 2011</p><p>Figs 1 A, 1 B, 2 A – C</p><p>Plateros belokobylskyi Kazantsev, 2011: 168, figs 55–56; 2021: 53, figs 47, 155–156.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Hainan: 1 ♂ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 3. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; 1 ♂ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Tianchi, 100 m, 5. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; 1 ♀ (IZAS), Baisha, Nankai, Nanmaola, 1261 m, 14. v. 2009, leg. X. L. Huang .</p><p>Descriptive notes.</p><p>Body length 6.2–8.5 mm (both sexes), width at humeri 1.7–2.8 mm (both sexes).</p><p>Male (Fig. 1 A). Body black. Pronotum red, with a round brown spot on middle disc. Elytra red. Surface covered with short, brownish-yellow pubescence.</p><p>Head slightly convex dorsally; eyes small, interocular distance 2.0 × eye diameter. Antennae serrate, reaching elytral middle when inclined; antennomeres III – X triangular, with their length 1.0–1.5 × width; antennomere III 3.0 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.3 × longer than III; antennomeres IV – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.6 × length; anterior margin slightly arched forward, lateral margins sinuate, posterior margin bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles sharp and postero-laterally projecting.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 3.0 × width, 6.0 × longer than pronotum at midlength; primary costae more distinct than secondary costae at humeri.</p><p>Phallus slender, 3.2 × as long as phallobase, subequal in width along whole length (Fig. 2 A, B), strongly bent ventrally, with apical part at a 90 ° angle to basal part, truncate at apex, with a small tooth in middle of ventral and dorsal sides, respectively, hardly globally expanded near base (Fig. 2 C).</p><p>Female (Fig. 1 B). Similar to male, but eyes smaller; interocular distance 2.2 × eye diameter; antennae shorter, reaching basal 2 / 5 length of elytra when inclined.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (new record: Hainan); Vietnam.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female of this species is reported for the first time. Although the pronotum and aedeagus were illustrated in the original description (Kazantsev 2011), we provide macrophotographs of the habitus and aedeagus herein to exhibit details of these characters.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/44E25EFC0C90528D98BA41D3DE094226	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
50C696D1319253C997F62D8FF1C870B2.text	50C696D1319253C997F62D8FF1C870B2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros binhanus (Pic 1925)	<div><p>Plateros binhanus (Pic, 1925)</p><p>Figs 1 C, 2 D – F</p><p>Ditoneces binhanus Pic, 1925: 10 .</p><p>Plateros binhanus: Kazantsev 2021: 55, figs 44, 151–152.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Hainan: 1 ♂ (MHBU), Baisha, Nansha, Yashi vill., 333 m, 21. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su .</p><p>Descriptive notes.</p><p>Body length 7.5–7.8 mm (male), width at humeri 1.7–1.9 mm (male).</p><p>Male (Fig. 1 C). Body black. Pronotum and elytra yellow. Surface covered with short, brownish-yellow pubescence.</p><p>Head slightly convex dorsally; eyes large, interocular distance 1.2 × eye diameter. Antennae pectinate, reaching apical 1 / 5 length of elytra when inclined; antennomeres III – X with slender lamella, 1.3–2.4 × longer than corresponding joint itself; antennomere III 2.3 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.1 × longer than III; anntenomeres IV – X subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum trapezoidal, width 1.6 × length; anterior margin arched forward, lateral margins sinuate, posterior margin bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles sharp and distinctly projected postero-laterally.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 2.8 × width, 5.4 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus slender, 4.0 × as long as phallobase, screw-shaped, tapered apically in apical 1 / 3, where longitudinally grooved in middle (Fig. 2 D, E), widened and twisted in middle part (Fig. 2 D – F), with a triangular dorsal protuberance at basal 1 / 3 (Fig. 2 F), feebly globally expanded near base (Fig. 2 D – F).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (new record: Hainan); Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species was originally described by Pic (1925) and has recently been well illustrated by Kazantsev (2021), enabling its recognition and first recorded occurrence in China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/50C696D1319253C997F62D8FF1C870B2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
B0D8D399F7EB5602B5CC0DE05E639795.text	B0D8D399F7EB5602B5CC0DE05E639795.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros chinensis Waterhouse 1879	<div><p>Plateros chinensis Waterhouse, 1879</p><p>Figs 2 G – I, 3 A, 3 B</p><p>Plateros chinensis Waterhouse, 1879: 29, pl. 6, fig. 7; Bocáková and Bocak 2007: 219; Fang et al. 2024: 135, figs 1, 2 A, B, 3 A – C.</p><p>Melaneros chinensis: Bocáková 1997: 177, figs 15, 16, 51, 71.</p><p>Plateros annamitus Pic, 1921: 7. Synonymised by Kazantsev 2021: 55.</p><p>Plateros elisus Pic, 1921: 7. Synonymised by Kazantsev 2021: 55.</p><p>Plateros formosanus Pic, 1921: 7. Synonymised by Bocáková 1997: 177.</p><p>Plateros formosanus var. nigrolineatus Pic, 1921: 7. Synonymised by Matsuda 2009: 168.</p><p>Plateros sycophanta Fairmaire, 1889: 352. Synonymised by Bocáková 1997: 177.</p><p>Plateros flavomarginatus Kleine, 1936: 264. Synonymised by Bocáková 1997: 177.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Hainan: 1 ♂ (MHBU), Changjiang, Bawangling, 1002 m, 30. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ (IZAS), Baisha, Nankai, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.36757&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.00063" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.36757/lat 19.00063)">Shifu vill.</a>, 19.00063°N, 109.36757°E, 392 m, 9. v. 2009, leg. X. L. Huang ; • 1 ♂ (IZAS), Ledong, Jianfengling, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.84453&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.74393" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.84453/lat 18.74393)">Mingfeng Valley</a>, 18.74393°N, 108.84453°E, 950 m, 3. v. 2007, leg. D. Y. Ge ; • 1 ♂ (IZAS), Wenchang, Tongguling, 317 m, 18–19. iii. 2008, leg. L. Li ; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Changjiang, Bawangling, 750 m, 5–7. vi. 2008, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Baisha, Nankai, Yashi vill., 21. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (IZAS), Touyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.79247&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.6255" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.79247/lat 19.6255)">Hougang Mangrove Forest</a>, 19.62550°N, 110.79247°E, 1 m, 24. v. 2009, leg. X. L. Huang.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hubei); Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species is widely distributed in Indochina, including southern China (Fang et al. 2024), but it is found on Hainan Island for the first time in this study. Despite its broad distribution range, the morphology of this species, particularly in terms of general habitus (Fig. 3 A, B) and aedeagus (Fig. 2 G – I), is quite conservative (Fang et al. 2024: figs 2 A, B, 3 A – C). This morphological consistency serves as the basis for identifying these specimens from Hainan as P. chinensis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B0D8D399F7EB5602B5CC0DE05E639795	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
DE09C69696A156C78EBB680A56A30FB5.text	DE09C69696A156C78EBB680A56A30FB5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros dentaticornis Y. Yang, Wang & Liu 2026	<div><p>Plateros dentaticornis Y. Yang, Wang &amp; Liu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 6 C, 7 A – C</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • Hainan: 1 ♂ (MHBU), Baisha, Yinggezui, 630 m, 22. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This species is similar to P. hainanensis sp. nov. in the appearance, but it can be easily differentiated from the latter by the following: male antennae covered with long pubescence and antennomeres IV – X protruding and very sharp at lateroapical angles (Fig. 6 C), versus without any long pubescence and antennomeres IV – X obtuse at lateroapical angles (Fig. 3 C); phallus generally spiral (Fig. 7 A – C), versus slightly laterally bent (Fig. 2 J – L).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body length 4.5 mm, width at humeri 1.2 mm.</p><p>Male (Fig. 6 C). Body black; pronotum and elytra brown, and basal parts of femora yellow. Surface covered with short, brownish pubescence.</p><p>Head flat dorsally; eyes large, interocular distance 1.0 × eye diameter. Antennae serrate, covered with long, brownish pubescence, almost reaching elytral apex when inclined; antennomeres III – X long, triangular, length 2.0–2.5 × width, with lateroapical angles protruding and sharp at apices; antennomere III 3.5 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.2 × longer than III; antennomeres V – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.3 × length; anterior margin acutely arched forward, lateral margins slightly sinuate, posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles posteriorly projecting.</p><p>Elytra posteriorly widened, length 3.2 × width, 4.9 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus 5.6 × as long as phallobase, slender, and generally spiral; apical 1 / 3 flattened and widened, narrowly rounded at apex, longitudinally grooved dorsally near apex, twisted at a 45 ° angle to middle part, basal 1 / 3 nearly straight, strongly bent at a 90 ° angle to middle part (Fig. 7 A, B), feebly globally expanded near base (Fig. 7 A – C).</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is derived from the Latin dentatus (toothed) and cornus (horn), referring to its serrate antennae.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE09C69696A156C78EBB680A56A30FB5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
C6A172044D285340B643895BE744D88F.text	C6A172044D285340B643895BE744D88F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros elongatus Y. Yang, Wang & Liu 2026	<div><p>Plateros elongatus Y. Yang, Wang &amp; Liu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5 G – I, 6 A</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • Hainan: ♂ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 781–1563 m, 17. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This new species is similar to P. sinuatus sp. nov. in the general shape of the aedeagus, but it differs in the following characters: body slender, with elytral length 3.0 × width, 5.9 × longer than pronotum (Fig. 6 A), not stouter, with elytral length 2.5 × width, 4.6 × longer than pronotum (Fig. 4 C); pronotum with lateral margins distinctly emarginate in middle (Fig. 6 A), not nearly straight (Fig. 4 C); phallus with apical part strongly bent laterally at a 60 ° angle to basal part (Fig. 5 G, H), not moderately bent at a 45 ° angle (Fig. 5 D, E).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body length 5.8 mm, width at humeri 1.3 mm.</p><p>Male (Fig. 6 A). Body black. Pronotum black, with narrow, brown margins. Elytra brownish black. Surface covered with short, brown pubescence.</p><p>Head flat dorsally; eyes large, interocular distance 1.4 × eye diameter. Antennae filiform, reaching basal 2 / 5 part of elytra when inclined; antennomeres III – X cylindrical, with their length 2.7–4.5 × width; antennomere III 2.4 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.3 × longer than III; antennomere V 1.1 × longer than IV; antennomeres V – VIII subequal in length; antennomere VIII 1.1 × longer than IX; antennomeres IX – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.6 × length; anterior margin arched forward, lateral margins emarginate in middle, posterior margin nearly straight; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles sharp and laterally projecting.</p><p>Elytra nearly parallel-sided, length 3.0 × width, 5.9 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus slender, 3.5 × as long as phallobase, generally hoe-shaped in ventral and dorsal views, apical 2 / 5 flattened and apically tapered, laterally bent at 60 ° angle to basal part (Fig. 5 G, H), with a longitudinal ridge along apical 1 / 2, globally expanded near base (Fig. 5 G – I).</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is derived from the Latin elongate (slender), referring to its slender elytra.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C6A172044D285340B643895BE744D88F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
E45F68641075528ABDD35BE0EA8EC5CD.text	E45F68641075528ABDD35BE0EA8EC5CD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros hainanensis Y. Yang, Fang & Liu 2026	<div><p>Plateros hainanensis Y. Yang, Fang &amp; Liu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2 J – L, 3 C, 3 D</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • Hainan: ♂ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 1–3. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su . Paratypes. China • Hainan: 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 3. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 6. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; 3 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan, Shuiman, 637 m, 13. v. 2013, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Botanical Garden, 4. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♀ (MHBU), Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 11. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 9. v. 2014, leg. L. B. Xiang ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 17. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), same locality and date as the proceeding, leg. L. B. Xiang; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 600–930 m, 16. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♂ (MHBU), Changjiang, Bawangling, 1006 m, 26. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Baisha, Nankai, Yashi Village, 333 m, 20. V. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Baisha, Yinggezui, 630 m, 22. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan, Shuiman, 23–25. v. 2007, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Baisha, Nankai, Shibo, 12. vi. 2007, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Baisha, Nankai, Daoda, 24. v. 2008, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang ; • 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (MHBU), Baisha, Miaocun, 4–5. vi. 2007, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang ; • 1 ♀ (IZAS), Ledong, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.87173&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.73403" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.87173/lat 18.73403)">Jianfengling</a>, 18.73403°N, 108.87173°E, 1000 m, 4. v. 2007, leg. D. Y. Ge ; • 1 ♀ (IZAS), Jianfengling, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.85962&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.74482" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.85962/lat 18.74482)">Tianchi</a>, 18.74482°N, 108.85962°E, 808 m, 22. v. 2009, leg. X. L. Huang .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This species is similar to P. chinensis, but it can be easily differentiated from the latter by combination of following characters: pronotum uniformly black (Fig. 3 C, D), not with wide yellow lateral margins (Fig. 3 A, B); phallus laterally bent, with apical part at a 30 ° angle to basal part, arrow-like at apex (Fig. 2 J, K), not at a 45 ° angle to basal part and bullet-like at apex (Fig. 2 G, H).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body length 5.2–6.8 mm (both sexes, 5.6 mm in holotype), width at humeri 1.1–1.5 mm (both sexes, 1.3 mm in holotype).</p><p>Male (Fig. 3 C). Body uniformly black. Surface covered with short, brown pubescence.</p><p>Head flat dorsally; eyes large, interocular distance 0.8 × eye diameter. Antennae serrate, reaching elytral middle when inclined; antennomeres III – X triangular, with their length 1.0–2.0 × width; antennomere III 1.5 × longer than II; antennomere IV 2.5 × longer than III; antennomeres IV – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.2 × length; anterior margin arched forward, lateral margins slightly sinuate, posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angle projected posteriorly.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 2.9 × width, 3.8 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus slender, 4.0 × as long as phallobase, slightly compressed in middle and laterally bent, with apical part at a 30 ° angle to basal part, arrow-shaped and sharp at apex (Fig. 2 J, K), equal in width and almost straight in lateral view (Fig. 2 L).</p><p>Female (Fig. 3 D). Similar to the male, but body stronger, eyes smaller, interocular distance 1.2 × eye diameter, and antennae filiform and shorter, reaching basal 1 / 3 part of elytra when inclined.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named after the locality of holotype, Hainan, China.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E45F68641075528ABDD35BE0EA8EC5CD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
37CF85E41394591ABBE209857F1E1CF8.text	37CF85E41394591ABBE209857F1E1CF8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros incurvusimimus Fang, Y. Yang, X. Yang & Liu 2024	<div><p>Plateros incurvusimimus Fang, Y. Yang, X. Yang &amp; Liu, 2024</p><p>Figs 4 A, 4 B, 5 A – C</p><p>Plateros incurvusimimus Fang, Y. Yang, X. Yang &amp; Liu, 2024: 145, figs 5 J – L, 6 C.</p><p>Type material examined.</p><p>Holotype. China • Guangxi: ♂ (MHBU), Xing’an County, Maoershan, 4. vi. 2011, leg. H. Y. Liu . Paratypes. China • Guizhou: 2 ♂♂ (MHBU), Maolan County, 23. v. 2024, leg. C. Fang &amp; J. L. Miao .</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>China • Hainan: 2 ♂♂ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 600–930 m, 16. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 781–1563 m, 17. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan, Shuiman, 644 m, 15. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Shuiman, 637 m, 13. v. 2013, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Baisha, Nankai, Yashi vill., 333 m, 21. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 3. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y Su ; • 1 ♂ (MHBU), Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 300 m, 11. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su .</p><p>Descriptive notes.</p><p>Body length 4.8–6.0 mm (both sexes), width at humeri 1.5–3.2 mm (both sexes).</p><p>Female (Fig. 4 B). Similar to males (Fig. 4 A), but eyes smaller, interocular distance 1.2–1.3 × eye diameter. Pronotum with wider yellow lateral margins, width 1.8 × length. Elytra length 2.5 × width, 5.3 × longer than pronotum at midlength.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Based on a thorough examination and comparison with the type material of this species (Fang et al. 2024: fig. 6 C), particular regarding the morphology of aedeagus (Fig. 5 A – C), the Hainan Island specimens are unequivocally identified as P. incurvusimimus . This marks the first recorded occurrence of this species on Hainan Island.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37CF85E41394591ABBE209857F1E1CF8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
30DAA2168DAD5274BFF2F424B967182F.text	30DAA2168DAD5274BFF2F424B967182F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros sinuatus Yang, Wang & Liu 2026	<div><p>Plateros sinuatus Yang, Wang &amp; Liu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 4 C, 4 D, 5 D – F</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • Hainan: ♂ (MHBU), Wuzhishan, Shuiman, 637 m, 13. v. 2013, leg. J. Y. Su . Paratypes. China • Hainan: 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan Natural Reserve, 17. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (MHBU), Wuzhishan, Shuiman, 637 m, 13. v. 2013, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 950 m, 8. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♀♀ (MHBU), Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 300 m, 11. v. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 1 ♀ (MHBU), Lengdong, Jianfeng, Mingfeng Valley, 3. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su ; • 2 ♀♀ (MHBU), Baisha, Miaocun, 4–5. vi. 2007, leg. Y. B. Ba &amp; J. T. Lang .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This species resembles P. incurvusimimus, but it can be easily differentiated from the latter by combination of the following characters: posterior angle of pronotum nearly right-angled (Fig. 4 C), instead of acutely angled (Fig. 4 A); phallus laterally bent in middle (Fig. 5 D, E), instead of bend at apical 1 / 3 (Fig. 5 A, B); apical part of phallus with a ventral notch in lateral view (Fig. 5 F), instead of without any notch (Fig. 5 C).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body length 5.1–8.1 mm (both sexes; 5.8 mm in male holotype), width at humeri 1.0– 2.8 mm (both sexes, 1.3 mm in holotype).</p><p>Male (Fig. 4 C). Body black; promotum black with red margin; elytra brownish black. Surface covered with short, brown pubescence.</p><p>Head flat dorsally; eyes large, interocular distance 1.2 × eye diameter. Antennae nearly filiform, reaching elytral half part when inclined; antennomeres III – IV long, triangular, with their length 1.3–1.6 × width; antennomeres V – XI parallel-sided; antennomere III 1.9 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.3 × longer than III; antennomeres IV and V subequal in length; antennomere VI 1.2 × longer than V; antennomeres VI – XI subequal in length.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.2 × length; anterior margin arched forward, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles nearly right-angled, not posteriorly projecting.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 2.5 × width, 4.6 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus slender, 3.6 × as long as phallobase, generally spoon-shaped in ventral and dorsal views, apical half part flattened and rounded at apex, bent laterally at a 45 ° angle to basal part (Fig. 5 D, E), with a pair of lateral ridges along apical 1 / 3 (Fig. 5 D, E) and a notch at subapical 1 / 4 (Fig. 5 F), globally expanded near base (Fig. 5 D – F).</p><p>Female (Fig. 4 D). Similar to males, but eyes smaller; interocular distance 1.5 × eye diameter. Pronotum with posterior angles posteriorly projecting. Elytra nearly parallel-sided.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is derived from the Latin sinuatus (to wind, bend, curve), referring to its aedeagus shape, which is sinuate in dorsal and ventral views.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/30DAA2168DAD5274BFF2F424B967182F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
C44E01F6D72E513980F93954C4F001EE.text	C44E01F6D72E513980F93954C4F001EE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plateros spinulosus Y. Yang, Fang & Liu 2026	<div><p>Plateros spinulosus Y. Yang, Fang &amp; Liu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 6 D, 7 D – F</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • Hainan: ♂ (MHBU), Ledong, Jianfeng, Tianchi, 100 m, 5. vi. 2014, leg. J. Y. Su .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This species resembles P. binhanus in the appearance, but it can be differentiated from the latter by combination of the following characters: male antennae with long pubescence, versus without long pubescence (Fig. 1 C); antennomeres III – X with shorter lamellae (Fig. 6 D), versus lamellae longer (Fig. 1 C); pronotum with posterior angles feebly posteriorly projected, versus distinctly projecting (Fig. 1 C); phallus generally spiral (Fig. 7 D – F), versus screw-shaped (Fig. 2 D – F).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Body length 8.2 mm (holotype), width at humeri 2.3 mm (holotype).</p><p>Male (Fig. 6 D). Body brownish; pronotum and elytra orange-yellow. Coxae and basal parts of femora yellow. Surface covered with short, brownish pubescence.</p><p>Head flat dorsally; eyes small, interocullar distance 1.6 × eye diameter. Antennae pectinate, covered with long pubescence, reaching elytral apices when inclined; antennomeres III – X with slender lamellae, 0.7–1.0 × longer than corresponding joint itself; antennomere XI filiform; antennomere III 3.1 × longer than II; antennomere IV 1.2 × longer than III; antennomeres IV – IX and XI subequal in length; antennomere IX 1.3 × longer than X.</p><p>Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, width 1.6 × length; anterior margin acutely arched forward, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin slightly bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles acute and feebly laterally projecting.</p><p>Elytra widened posteriorly, length 2.9 × width, 4.9 × longer than pronotum at midlength; both primary and secondary costae slightly developed.</p><p>Phallus 5.0 × as long as phallobase, generally spiral, apical 1 / 3 nearly even in width, with a pair of longitudinal dorsal ridges, twisted at a 45 ° angle to middle part, basal 1 / 3 nearly straight, strongly bent at a 90 ° angle to middle part (Fig. 7 D, E), with a small spine on portion between middle and basal parts (Fig. 7 F), hardly expanded near base (Fig. 7 D – F).</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name of species is derived from the Latin spinalis (of or pertaining to a thorn or spine), referring to its phallus with a small spine.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C44E01F6D72E513980F93954C4F001EE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wang, Chengtao;Yang, Yuxia;Fang, Chen;Yang, Xingke;Liu, Haoyu	Wang, Chengtao, Yang, Yuxia, Fang, Chen, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu (2026): New species of Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera, Lycidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1277: 281-300, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.184735
