taxonID	type	description	language	source
CE6549B398085834873DC1D8E6718AD6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	description	Fig. 1 a – h	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Species closely resembles P. muelleri (Fig. 2 a – h) in general morphology. The newly described species is separated from the latter based on the following features: P. nanlingensis has a markedly larger body, lacks two prominent rounded white spots on the pronotum, and a large, elongate black spot on the middle elytron. Penis guide of P. nanlingensis in ventral view is robust, arrow-shaped, with a concave base. In lateral view, the penis guide is subparallel along basal 2 / 3, then rapidly tapers to a point at the apex.	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	description	Description. Measurements: TL: 5.37 – 5.93 mm, TW: 4.24 – 4.69 mm, TH: 2.34 – 2.89 mm, TL / TW: 1.26 – 1.27; PL / PW: 0.30 – 0.32; EL / EW: 1.05 – 1.06. Head reddish-brown, eyes dark brown (Fig. 1 c). Pronotum dark reddish-brown, anterior angles yellow. Scutellum typically black. Ground color of elytra dark reddish-brown, and each elytron with 2 large yellow maculae and 7 black markings as shown in Fig. 1 a. Body broadly oval, moderately convex. Head comparatively small, width 0.39 × elytral width (HW / EW = 2.57); punctures on frons moderately large, separated by 1.0 – 1.5 × their diameter, white setae in punctures; eyes small, broadly oval, widest interocular distance 0.54 × width of head. Pronotum 0.68 × elytral width (PW / EW = 1: 1.47). Pronotal punctures distinct, in two sizes, separated by 0.5 – 1.5 × their diameter. Punctures on elytra slightly larger than those on head, separated by 0.5 – 1.0 × their diameter. Punctures on metaventrite fine, 2.0 – 4.0 × their diameter, short setae in punctures. Abdominal postcoxal lines complete, almost touching posterior margin of ventrite 1 (Fig. 1 d). Male genitalia (Fig. 1 e – h): Penis long, slender, penis capsule with both arms well developed; apex simple, pointed, and straight. Penis guide in lateral view, subparallel at basal 2 / 3, rapidly tapering to apex, apex pointed. Parameres slender, subparallel at basal 2 / 3, gradually weakly thickening, sparsely setose at apex, longer than penis guide. Penis guide in inner view, arrow-shaped with concave base, apex rounded, widest at basal third.	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong).	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
6026557E12865B57A1DA269D0C32EA6B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality, Nanling National Nature Reserve. Checklist of the genus Plotina Plotina muelleri Mader, 1955 Plotina mülleri Mader, 1955 a: 73; 1955 b: 1026. Plotina muelleri: Miyatake 1969: 202; Pang and Mao 1979: 24; Kovář 1995: 61; Wang et al. 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan); Vietnam. Plotina octomaculata Wang et al., 2011 Plotina octomaculata Wang et al., 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Tibet). Plotina menghaiensis Wang et al., 2011 Plotina menghaiensis Wang et al., 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Yunnan). Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896 Plotina versicolor Lewis, 1896: 35; Mader 1931: 200; 1955 b: 822; Nakane 1963: 209; Miyatake 1969: 200; Sasaji 1971: 66; Wang et al. 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Anhui), Japan. Plotina daweishanensis Wang et al., 2011 Plotina daweishanensis Wang et al., 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Yunnan). Plotina signatella Wang et al., 2011 Plotina signatella Wang et al., 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hainan). Plotina quadrioculata Kovár, 1995 Plotina quadrioculata Kovář, 1995: 58, Wang et al. 2011: 57. Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand. Plotina nanlingensis Lin & Wang, sp. nov. Distribution. China (Guangdong).	en	Lin, Fang, Wang, Xingmin, Li, Kuan, Li, Chaorong, Huang, Zhendong, Yi, Yan, Lin, Yuhua (2025): A new species of the genus Plotina Lewis, 1896 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Guangdong, China. ZooKeys 1260: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.164418
