Template:Hava et al., 1999
- Háva, J.; Schneider, J.; Růžička, J. 1999: Four new species of carrion beetles from China (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Entomological problems 30(2): 67–83.
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- The following new species of carrion beetles are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. Ptomascopus zhangla sp.nov. (China: Gansu prov., Shaanxi prov., Sichuan prov.) differs from P. morio Kraatz, 1877 and P. plagiatus (Ménétriés, 1854) by the presence of curved, fossorial legs; mesh of randomly oriented cristae on head and pronotum, oriented to all directions; male clypeal membrane short, transverse; pronotum bicoloured, bare; tarsal empodium trisetose; and female tergum X bifurcate. Nicrophorus smefarka sp.nov. (China: Sichuan prov.) seems not to be closely related to any known species of the genus, although it shares some characters with N. dauricus Motschulsky, 1860 and N. przewalskii Semenow, 1894 (such as setation of dorsum and maculation) but differs in anteriorly narrow pronotum. Silpha businskyorum sp.nov. (China: Shaanxi prov.) belongs to the group of species related to S. carinata Herbst, 1783 and differs in having only a very superficial, hardly visible discal punctation on pronotum; elytra distinctly vaulted in lateral view; and the distal part of aedeagus abruptly narrowing to regularly rounded tip. S. schawalleri sp.nov. (China: Sichuan prov.) is closely related to S. qinlinga Schawaller, 1996 and differs in head with raised protuberance; pronotum with flattened lateral margin; elytra laterally narrow and only slightly elevated, all elytral ridges only weakly indicated; and aedeagus with robust basal portion and with wide, regularly tapered tip.