Abstract
The genus Foenobethylus Kieffer 1913 is newly recorded from China. Two species: F. hainanensis sp. nov. (Hainan) and F. zhejiangensis sp. nov. (Zhejiang) are described and illustrated. A key to the world species of the genus is provided. The genus Foenobethylus Kieffer 1913 is a rare and small Oriental genus of Pristocerinae in Bethylidae (Kieffer 1914, Kurian 1954, Baltazar 1966, Gordh & Moczar 1990, Varkonyi & Polaszek 2007). In a recently published revision of this genus, Varkonyi and Polaszek (2007) have discussed the phylogenetic position of Foenobethylus within subfamily Pristocerinae and recognized five species from tropical Asia: F. gracilis Kieffer, F. bidentatus Varkonyi et Polaszek, F. elongatus Varkonyi et Polaszek, F. emiliacasellae Varkonyi et Polaszek and F. thomas-cokeri Varkonyi et Polaszek.
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