A new species of Bolbelasmus (Coleoptera, Bolboceratidae) from Guangdong Province, China.

Background: Bolbelasmus is a group of small to medium-sized beetles distributed in the Holarctic and Oriental Regions and in Central America. It includes two subgenera (Bolbelasmus and Kolbeus) and 32 species known in the world fauna with seven species recorded from China. New information: The new species, Bolbelasmus guangdongensis sp. nov., is described from south China and compared with B. coreanus, B. meridionalis and B. chifengi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]