Zuqi Mai

• Master of Science
• Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

The species of the genus Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1854 occurring in China and Japan are reviewed. Ten species are recognized to occur in China, two of which were also recorded from Japan. Four new species are described from China: Dactylosternum nanlingensis Mai et Jia, sp. nov. (Guangdong, Jiangxi) from fungal hyphae on fallen wood, D. songxiaobi...

Six new species of Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 are described from China: Coelostoma bannanicum Mai & Jia, sp. nov. , C. dactylopunctum Mai & Jia, sp. nov. , C. fortunum Mai & Jia, sp. nov. , and C. pseudomartensi Mai & Jia, sp. nov. from Yunnan; C. mixtum Mai & Jia, sp. nov. from Fujian; and C. nankunshanense Mai & Jia, sp. nov. from Guangdong. Coelost...

Four new species of the water scavenger beetle genus Enochrus Thomson, 1859 are described from China. Among the new species, Enochrus hani sp. nov. from Yunnan and E. tathagatus sp. nov. from Xizang are very similar to E. laoticus Hebauer, 2005 and E. niisatoi Minoshima, 2017 in aedeagus and external morphology. E. imprimedius sp. nov. from Guizhou...

DNA-based studies have revealed that the terrestrial water scavenger beetle genus Cercyon Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini) is polyphyletic, grouping similarly looking but unrelated species that were not assigned to other genera due to the absence of unusual morphological characters. In this study, we analyse the...

The antlion genera Gatzara and Nepsalus (Myrmeleontidae: Dendroleontinae) inhabit mountain forests and are characterised by camouflaging larvae. Both genera remain poorly known despite recent findings on systematics and distribution. We report the discovery of new specimens and the previously unknown larvae of the rare species Gatzara jubilaea Navá...

Three new species of the water scavenger beetle genus Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 from China (Oocyclus extensussp. nov., from Xizang, O. latiorificialissp. nov. and O. ximaensissp. nov. from Yunnan) are described and illustrated in detail. Additional faunistic data, illustrations of habitus and male genitalia, and a key to Chinese species are provided.

A new species of the water scavenger beetle, Hydrochara loong sp. nov. is described based on a pair of specimens collected from Shaanxi and a female collected from Hubei. This new species is similar to Hydrochara libera (Sharp, 1884) in morphology, but with a larger size and some distinct morphological differences. The new species is diagnosed and...

Adults and larvae of the very rare Chinese endemic species Acilius sinensis Peschet, 1915 are newly reported from three localities in western Yunnan, which indicates the presence of viable populations in this area. Based on the available data, the rarity of the species in collections is more caused by collecting bias than actual threat of its habit...

The genus Cybister Curtis, 1827 is reviewed with respect to the fauna of China. A new species, Cybister (Melanectes) danxiaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Altogether, 16 Cybister species are recorded from China, although the status of two of them remains in question. All species are diagnosed, with their habitus and male genitalia illu...

A new species of the water scavenger beetle, Regimbartia majorobtusa Mai, Jia, and Jäch sp. n., is described from China (Yunnan) and Thailand (Phitsanulok). It is the eleventh known species of this genus. Regimbartia attenuata (Fabricius, 1801 Fabricius, J.C. (1801), Systema Eleutheratorum … (Vol. 1), Kiliae: Bibliopolii Academici Novi, pp. 24–506....

The diving beetle Clypeodytes limpidus sp. nov. is described from western Yunnan, China. It is the second known species of the genus Clypeodytes Régimbart, 1894 from China and belongs to the subgenus Hypoclypeus Guignot, 1950. It can be distinguished from C. bufo (Sharp, 1890), the only other Chinese Clypeodytes species, by the shape of the median...