Biodiv Sci ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 24307.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2024307

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The world new taxa of extant Coleoptera in 2023

Siyuan Xu1,2, Qiqi Lian2,3, Runxin Zhang2,4, Jiateng Zhao2,7, Xuan Zhou2,6, Lu Zhou5, Qin Chen5, Ming Bai2,7*   

  1. 1 School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    3 College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China
    4 College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
    5 Institute of Insect Resources and Diversity, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 210013, China
    6 College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434000, China
    7 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    8 Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

  • Received:2024-07-09 Revised:2024-09-18 Online:2024-11-20 Published:2024-12-31
  • Contact: Ming Bai

Abstract: Aims: The aim of this paper is to summarize the new taxa of the world’s Coleoptera published by scholars around the world in 2023, and to sort out the new species and records in China separately.
Methods: A total of 881 journal publications or monographs were obtained by querying journals and databases related to the classification, as well as supplements from relevant experts.
Results: In 2023, a total of 2,397 new taxa of extant Coleoptera globally, including 5 new tribes, 3 new subtribes, 85 new genera, 60 new subgenera, 2,157 new species, and 87 new subspecies were observed. Additionally, 837 new combinations, 402 new synonyms, 85 upgradations, and 50 degradations were proposed. The country with the largest number of Coleoptera new taxa founded in the world is China, 16 new genera, 6 new subgenera, 388 new species, 6 new subspecies, 2 new record subfamily, 24 new record genera, 49 new record species, and 2 new record subspecies were recorded in China.
Conclusion: The hotspots for the discovery of new species (subspecies) in China are Yunnan and Sichuan, accounting for about 37.1% of the total published new species (subspecies). The total number of the new taxa of the world’s Coleoptera in 2023 is lower than it was in 2022.

Key words: Coleoptera, new taxa, biodiversity, World, China