Cucujus costatus Zhao & Zhang, 2019

Jiang, Ri-Xin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2025, Taxonomic notes of the Cucujus costatus Species-group, with description of a new species from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Cucujidae), Zootaxa 5711 (2), pp. 287-293 : 291

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17884757
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scientific name	Cucujus costatus Zhao & Zhang, 2019
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Material examined ( 3 spec., 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀). Labeled: ‘ China: Guangdong ( Ḟ东), Shaoguan City ( Oiẍḿ), Ruyuan YaoAutonomous County ( 乳DZNJänā县), Nanling National Park ( 南*国ẋũūȓ园), Xun Li leg., 22. V .2021 larva, 12.II.2022 pupated, 28.II.2022 enclosed adult.’ ( GUGC) .

Additional description of female. General like male, usually larger. spermatheca ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ) C-shaped, wide with narrow head and tail, head distinctly curved.

Note on captive rearing. Larvae were kept in small ziplock bags with wettish tissue. The ziplock bags were punched with some small holes. The larvae were fed with larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758 . Temperature was not controlled during continued development of the larvae.