Abstract
Continuing study on the Chinese species of Phygasia Chevrolat, 1836 revealed 10 specimens collected from Taiwan that were distinctly different from other described species within this genus. The new species is similar to P. ornata Baly, 1876 and P. pseudornata Wang et Yang, 2008, but can be distinguished from them by the color and position of elytra markings as well as the shape of male genitalia: the black markings on the elytra only covered the humeral area and the sub-apical area of elytra, and genitalia of male pointed and short with big basal opening. A new species, Phygasia taiwanensis sp. n., is described herein.
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