New species of the genera Calambus Thomson, and Hypoganus Kiesenwetter (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from China

•Calambus yunnanensis sp. nov. and Hypoganus sichuanensis sp. nov. are described from China.•Imagines and morphological characters are illustrated.•New distributional data for Hypoganus tibetis Čechovský and Kubáň 1997 are given.

Two new species from the genera Calambus Thomson 1859 and Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (tribe Prosternini Gistel, 1856), from China are described and illustrated. These are the first species of Calambus and the second species of Hypoganus recorded from China. Additionally, we provide distributional data for Hypoganus tibetis Čechovský and Kubáň 1997.

Graphical abstractNew species of the genera Calambus Thomson, and Hypoganus Kiesenwetter (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from China, Rainer Schimmel and Dariusz Tarnawski, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology.Download high-res image (70KB)Download full-size image