identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
CE6549B398085834873DC1D8E6718AD6.text	CE6549B398085834873DC1D8E6718AD6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plotina Lewis 1896	<div><p>Genus Plotina Lewis, 1896</p><p>Plotina Lewis, 1896: 35. Type species (original designation): Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896 .</p><p>Plotina: Mader 1927: 22; 1931: 200; 1934: 294; 1955 b: 822; Korschefsky 1931: 213; Pope 1962: 632; Miyatake 1969: 198; Sasaji 1971: 65; Pang and Mao 1979: 24; Hoàng 1982: 106; Miyatake 1994: 281; Kovář 1995: 58.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE6549B398085834873DC1D8E6718AD6	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	Lin, Fang;Wang, Xingmin;Li, Kuan;Li, Chaorong;Huang, Zhendong;Yi, Yan;Lin, Yuhua	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.text	6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Plotina nanlingensis Lin & Wang & Li & Li & Huang & Yi & Lin 2025	<div><p>Plotina nanlingensis Lin &amp; Wang sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 1 a – h</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Species closely resembles P. muelleri (Fig. 2 a – h) in general morphology. The newly described species is separated from the latter based on the following features: P. nanlingensis has a markedly larger body, lacks two prominent rounded white spots on the pronotum, and a large, elongate black spot on the middle elytron. Penis guide of P. nanlingensis in ventral view is robust, arrow-shaped, with a concave base. In lateral view, the penis guide is subparallel along basal 2 / 3, then rapidly tapers to a point at the apex.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Measurements: TL: 5.37–5.93 mm, TW: 4.24–4.69 mm, TH: 2.34–2.89 mm, TL / TW: 1.26–1.27; PL / PW: 0.30–0.32; EL / EW: 1.05–1.06.</p><p>Head reddish-brown, eyes dark brown (Fig. 1 c). Pronotum dark reddish-brown, anterior angles yellow. Scutellum typically black. Ground color of elytra dark reddish-brown, and each elytron with 2 large yellow maculae and 7 black markings as shown in Fig. 1 a.</p><p>Body broadly oval, moderately convex. Head comparatively small, width 0.39 × elytral width (HW / EW = 2.57); punctures on frons moderately large, separated by 1.0–1.5 × their diameter, white setae in punctures; eyes small, broadly oval, widest interocular distance 0.54 × width of head. Pronotum 0.68 × elytral width (PW / EW = 1: 1.47). Pronotal punctures distinct, in two sizes, separated by 0.5–1.5 × their diameter. Punctures on elytra slightly larger than those on head, separated by 0.5–1.0 × their diameter. Punctures on metaventrite fine, 2.0–4.0 × their diameter, short setae in punctures. Abdominal postcoxal lines complete, almost touching posterior margin of ventrite 1 (Fig. 1 d).</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 1 e – h): Penis long, slender, penis capsule with both arms well developed; apex simple, pointed, and straight. Penis guide in lateral view, subparallel at basal 2 / 3, rapidly tapering to apex, apex pointed. Parameres slender, subparallel at basal 2 / 3, gradually weakly thickening, sparsely setose at apex, longer than penis guide. Penis guide in inner view, arrow-shaped with concave base, apex rounded, widest at basal third.</p><p>Specimens examined.</p><p>Holotype. • 1 male, CHINA, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=113.02417&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.928333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 113.02417/lat 24.928333)">Shaoguan</a>, 800 m, [24 ° 55 ' 42 " N, 113 ° 1 ' 27 " E], malaise trap, 28. ix. 2022 – 7. i. 2023, Huang Z. D. leg. (SCAU) . Paratypes. • 7 males, same data as holotype (SCAU) .</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Guangdong).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after its type locality, Nanling National Nature Reserve.</p><p>Checklist of the genus Plotina</p><p>Plotina muelleri Mader, 1955</p><p>Plotina mülleri Mader, 1955 a: 73; 1955 b: 1026.</p><p>Plotina muelleri: Miyatake 1969: 202; Pang and Mao 1979: 24; Kovář 1995: 61; Wang et al. 2011: 57.</p><p>Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan); Vietnam.</p><p>Plotina octomaculata Wang et al., 2011</p><p>Plotina octomaculata Wang et al., 2011: 57 .</p><p>Distribution. China (Tibet).</p><p>Plotina menghaiensis Wang et al., 2011</p><p>Plotina menghaiensis Wang et al., 2011: 57 .</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan).</p><p>Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896</p><p>Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896: 35; Mader 1931: 200; 1955 b: 822; Nakane 1963: 209; Miyatake 1969: 200; Sasaji 1971: 66; Wang et al. 2011: 57.</p><p>Distribution. China (Anhui), Japan.</p><p>Plotina daweishanensis Wang et al., 2011</p><p>Plotina daweishanensis Wang et al., 2011: 57 .</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan).</p><p>Plotina signatella Wang et al., 2011</p><p>Plotina signatella Wang et al., 2011: 57 .</p><p>Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hainan).</p><p>Plotina quadrioculata Kovár, 1995</p><p>Plotina quadrioculata Kovář, 1995: 58, Wang et al. 2011: 57.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand.</p><p>Plotina nanlingensis Lin &amp; Wang, sp. nov.</p><p>Distribution. China (Guangdong).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B	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	Lin, Fang;Wang, Xingmin;Li, Kuan;Li, Chaorong;Huang, Zhendong;Yi, Yan;Lin, Yuhua	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
