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    Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture

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    This thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry

    Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer

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    This thesis examines the way Wang Meng has developed as a writer from the 1950s to the 1990s in the context of New China's political and literary background. It looks at the compromises he was forced to make between his political beliefs in the Communist Party and his chosen role as a professional writer. After his disastrous early foray into what was deemed to be unacceptable political criticism with The Young Newcomer in the Organisation Department in the 1950s, when the opportunity came to start publishing again in the late 1970s he was boldly innovative in style, helping to transform New Period literature, but conservative in content, sticking to politically acceptable topics. It was only with Hard Porridge in 1989 that he ventured again, and very successfully, into political comment. There is no outstanding leading writer in contemporary China, but Wang Meng is a leading contender for the title

    Brachytarsophrys orientalis Li, Lyu, Wang & Wang 2020

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    <p> <b> 2) <i>Brachytarsophrys orientalis</i> group</b> </p> <p> Five species: <i>Brachytarsophrys orientalis</i> Li, Lyu, Wang & Wang, 2020; <i>Brachytarsophrys chuannanensis</i> Fei, Ye & Huang, 2001; <i>Brachytarsophrys feae</i> (Boulenger, 1887); <i>Brachytarsophrys platyparietus</i> Rao & Yang, 1997; <i>Brachytarsophrys popei</i> Zhao, Yang, Chen, Chen & Wang, 2014.</p>Published as part of <i>Qi, Shuo, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Wang, Jian, Mo, Yun-Ming, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Zeng, Yang-Jin, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Grismer, L. Lee & Wang, Ying-Yong, 2021, Three new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern China, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 5072 (5)</i> on page 430, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.5.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5748979">http://zenodo.org/record/5748979</a&gt

    Perspectives on Identity, Migration, and Displacement

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    Perspectives on Identity, Migration, and Displacement -- edited by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, I-Chun Wang, and Hsiao-Yu Sun (Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2010. ISBN 9789860235418 209 pages, bibliography, index) is a collection of articles about sociological and literary aspects of identity formation as a consequence of (im)migration. (Im)migration results in the problematics of assimilation and hybridity and in postcolonial scholarship, in particular, attention is paid to the concept of migration termed Creolization on the ground that cultural contact, cultural transmission, and cultural transformation result in the creation of new cultures. Copyright release by National Sun Yat-sen University to the authors 2013

    Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang 2018

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    Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018 Liocrobyla indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018: 313. TL: Shandong (Qingdao), China. TD: SDNU. Diagnosis. The species resembles L. lobata in the male genitalia, but can be separated by the phallus longer than the valva and the minute cornutus; In L. lobata, the phallus is shorter than valva and the cornutus is more than 1/12 length of the phallus (Liu et al. 2018). In L. indigofera, the head is dark grey and the forewing ground colour is blackish fuscous, while in L. lobata, the head is white and the forewing ground colour is brownish grey. Material examined. Shandong: 1♂, holotype, Mt. Laoshan, Qingdao, 120.609°E, 36.204°N, 400 m, 2017.VII.01, leaf mine collected on Indigofera kirilowii, pupated VII.05, emerged VII.18, leg. Tengteng Liu & Zhenquan Gao, genitalia slide no. LIU0030, registration no. SDNU. QD170710.2. Paratype. 1♀, genitalia slide no. LIU0029, registration no. SDNU. QD170710.1, other data same as holotype. Others. 1♂, Mt. Laoshan, Qingdao, 120.593°E, 36.211°N, 390 m, 2015.VII.10, leg. Tengteng Liu, registration no. SDNU. Ent 150092; 1♂, Mt. Laoshan, Qingdao, 120.605°E, 36.211°N, 600 m, 2018.VII.02, leaf mine collected on Indigofera kirilowii, leg. Tengteng Liu, registration no. SDNU. Ent 001220. Host plants. Indigofera kirilowii Palib., I. tinctoria L. (Fabaceae). Distribution. China (Shandong). Notes. This species was well described and illustrated in the recent open access publication (Liu et al., 2018).Published as part of Jiang, Yurong, Zhao, Yang, Wang, Encui, Zhang, Tongyou & Liu, Tengteng, 2021, Taxonomic review on Acrocercopinae, Gracillariinae and Ornixolinae from Shandong, China, with new data on distribution and host associations (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), pp. 240-257 in Zoological Systematics 46 (3) on page 253, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021306, http://zenodo.org/record/717609

    Designing role-based view for object-relational databases

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    In a federated database system, a view mechanism is crucial since it is used to define exportable subsets of data ; to perform a virtual restructuring d ataset; and to construct the integrated schema. The view service in federated databa se systems must be capable of retaining as much semantic information as possible. The object-oriented ( 0 - 0 ) model was considered the suitable canonical data model since it meets the original criteria for canonical model selection. However, with the emergence of stronger object-relational (0 -R ) model, the re is a clear argument for using an 0 - R canonical model in the federation. Hence, research should now focus on th e development of semantically powerful view mechanism for th e newer model. Meanwhile, the availability of real 0 -R technologies offers researchers the opportunity to develop different forms of view mechanisms. The concept of roles has been widely studied in 0 - 0 modelling and development. The role model represents some characteristics that the traditional 0-0 model lacked, such as object migration, multiple occurrences and context-dependent access. While many forms of 0-0 views were designed for the 0-0 canonical model, one option was to extend the 0-0 model to incorporate a role model. In a role model, the real entity is modelled in the form of a role rather than an object. An object represents the permanent properties of an entity is a root object; and an object represents the temporary properties of an entity is a role object. The contribution of this research is to design a view system that employees the concept of roles for the 0 -R canonical model in a federated database system. In this thesis, an examination of the current 0 -R metamodel is provided first in order to provide an environment for recognising the roleview metadata and measuring the view performance; then a Roleview Definition Language (RDL) is introduced, along with the semantics for defining virtual classes and generating virtua l extents; finally, a working prototype is provided to prove th e role-based view system is implementable and the syntax is semantically correct

    Camponotus lasiselene Wang & Wu 1994

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    Camponotus lasiselene Wang & Wu, 1994 (fig. 4) M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: Kathmandu, Ranibari Community Forest [27.729444 N 85.3205555 E], 1310 m, pitfall collection, 13– 15.10.2019, 1 ♀ worker (IP Subedi, RP Pokhrel, S Subedi & A Subedi) (CDZMTU); idem, hand collection, 14.04.2021, 2 ♀ workers (IP Subedi, I Pandit & A Subedi) (CDZMTU). D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record), China, Thailand, Vietnam. T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. Our worker specimen has an opaque black body with extremely abundant whitish short hairs, brownish red mandibles, antennae and tarsus, square-shaped head, short, broad and dorsally margined alitrunk, pronotum with acute margin, two plier-shaped propodeal spines and large, cylindrical gaster. The specimen was identified as C. lasiselene based on the species description and key in Wang & Wu (1994). C. lasiselene is very close to Fig. 4. Camponotus lasiselene. C. selene in the color, shape and sculpture of the body but has abundant whitish erect hair on the body (Wang & Wu, 1994).Published as part of Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. & Yamane, S., 2021, First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 279-284 in Zoodiversity 55 (4) on pages 281-282, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, http://zenodo.org/record/637784

    Anàlisi molecular de la mucopolisacaridosi I, la mucopolisacaridosi II i la leucodistròfia metacromàtica en els pacients espanyols

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    [cat] La mucopolisacaridosi l, la mucopolisacaridosi II i la leucodistròfia metacromàtica sòn tres malalties Iisosòmiques hereditàries. Totes tres són degudes al defecte funcional d'un enzim Iisosòmic que és incapaç de degradar les macromolècules procedents del recanvi cel·lular. Aquests substrats a mig degradar s'acumulen a les cèl.lules i són els causants del deteriorament i empitjorament de la clínica de forma progressiva. Els pacients amb aquestes malalites presenten un curs fatal, amb quadre degeneratiu progressiu sever i, en alguns casos, dismòrfies, alteracions òssies diverses, afectació ocular i organomegàlies. La mucopolisacaridosi I o malaltia de HurlerlScheie (MPS I; MIM 252800) és una malaltia hereditària d'acumulació lisosòmica produïda per la deficiència de l'enzim alfa-L-iduronidasa. Aquest enzim participa en la degradació dels glucosaminoglicans heparan sulfat i dermatan sulfat. És una malaltia autosòmica recessiva. Els pacients amb MPS I presenten hepatoesplenomegàlia, deformitats esquelètiques, trets facials toscos, rigidesa d'articulacions, retard mental, sordesa i opacitat cornial. Es classifiquen els pacients en tres formes segons d'edat d'aparició dels símptomes: Forma severa o Hurler, forma íntermèdia o HurlerlScheíe i forma lleu o Scheíe. El gen que codifica per l'alfa-L-iduronidasa (IOUA; EC 3.2.1.76) està localitzat al locus 4p16.3, ocupa 16 kb, té 14 exons i un trànscrit de 2.7 kb que codifica per una proteïna de 653 aminoàcids. Fins a l'actualitat s'han descrit una quarantena de mutacions diferents al gen IOUA i algunes d'elles s'han vist amb certa freqüència. També s'han identificat una trentena de polimorfismes al gen IOUA. S'han estudiat 27 pacients espanyols amb MPS I; dels 54 al.lels estudiats, en 32 (un 59.3%) s'ha Identificat la mutació W402X, en 5 al.lels (9.3%) s'ha identificat la mutació P533R i en 4 (7.4%) la mutació Q70X. Així doncs, amb l'estudi d'aquestes tres mutacions es cobreix un 76% dels al.lels de la malaltia i un 63% dels genotips, el que fa recomanable començar l'estudi de nous pacients analitzant aquestes tres mutacions. Així mateix, ja anteriorment s'havia descrit que aquestes mutacions estaven associades a la forma severa de la malaltia, i els resultats en pacients espanyols reforcen aquestes observacions. La mucopolisacaridosi II o malaltia de Hunter (MPS II; MIM 309900) és una malaltia hereditària d'acumulació Iisosòmica produïda per la deficiència de l'enzim iduronat-2-sulfatasa. Aquest enzim participa també en la degradació dels glucosaminoglicans heparan sulfat i dermatan sulfat. És una malaltia recessiva lligada al cromosoma X. Els pacients amb MPS II presenten una clínica molt similar a la que presenten els pacients amb MPS I, amb l'excepciò que els pacients Hunter no acostumen a presentar opacitat cornial. Es classifiquen els pacients en tres formes segons l'afectació neurològica: Forma severa, forma intermèdia i forma lleu. El gen que codifica per l'iduronat-2-sulfatasa (lOS; EC 3.1.6.13) està localitzat al locus Xq28, ocupa 24 kb, té 9 exons i un trànscrit de 2.3 kb que codifica per una proteïna de 550 aminoàcids. Respecte les mutacions descrites al gen lOS, s'ha vist que entre un 15 i un 20% dels pacients presenten grans delecions o reordenaments del gen, respecte les mutacions puntuals fins a l'actualitat se n'han descrit unes dues-centes de diferents. Gairebé totes sòn de caràcter particular, o sigui que cada família presenta una mutació diferent. Els exons que presenten major nombre de mutacions són l'exó III, V, VIII i IX. S'han estudiat 36 pacients espanyols amb MPS II,4 d'ells (11.1%) presenten una deleció total, parcial o un reordenament del gen, els 32 restants presenten 26 mutacions puntuals diferents, 21 de les quals han estat descrites per primera vegada. Totes les mutacions puntuals s'han identificat en una sola família a excepció de les mutacions G374G i R443X que s'han identificat en tres pacients cada una, i la R468Q que s'ha identificat en dos pacients. Això mostra que en aquesta malaltia existeix una gran heterogeneïtat al•lèlica. Els exons que presenten més mutacions als pacients espanyols són el VIII i el IX. L'existència d'aquesta gran heterogeneïtat genètica en aquesta malaltia dificulta el poder establir una correlació genotip-fenotip, sols els pacients que presenten grans delecions o reordenaments del gen s'ha vist que presenten sempre la forma severa de la malaltia. El fet que cada pacient í cada família presenti una mutació diferent fa difícil el poder establir una estratègia de recerca de mutacions, ja que cada nou cas comporta l'estudi del gen sencer, és per això que es considera que una bona estratègia de cara al diagnòstic de les familiars femenines dels nous pacients és l'estudi indirecte per marcadors polimòrfics intra i/o extragènics propers al gen. La leucodistròfia metacromàtica (LOM; MIM 250100) és una malaltia hereditària d'acumulació lisosòmica produïda per la deficiència de l'enzim arilsulfatasa A que afecta el metabolisme de la mielina. Aquest enzim participa en la degradació dels sulfolipids gaiactosil sulfat (o cerebròsid sulfat) i lactosil sulfat. La seva deficiència provoca l'acumulació en la substància blanca del sistema nerviós central i als nervis perifèrics d'aquests substrats a mig degradar i són els causants del deteriorament i empitjorament de la clínica de forma progressiva. És una malaltia autosòmica recessiva. Els pacients amb LDM presenten desmielinització progressiva, atrófia óptica, demència i moren en estat decerebrat. Els pacients es classifiquen en tres formes segons l'edat d'aparició dels slmptomes: Forma infantil, forma juvenil i forma adulta. El gen que codifica per l'arilsulfatasa A (ARSA; EC 3.1.6.8) està localitzat al locus 22q13.31-qter, ocupa 3.2Kb, té 8 exons i un trànscrit de 2.1Kb que codifica per una proteïna de 507 aminoàcids. Fins a l'actualitat s'han descrit unes setenta mutacions diferents al gen ARSA, algunes d'elles amb certa freqüència a diferents poblacions i tambè s'han identificat nou polimorfismes diferents. S'han estudiat 20 pacients espanyols amb LDM i s'han identificat 18 mutacions diferents en els 40 al.lels analitzats, de les quals 12 són mutacions descrites per primera vegada. Aixl mateix s'han identificat tres nous polimorfismes. De les 18 mutacions identificades, tres d'elles s'han trobat amb certa freqüència en la Nostra població. Aquest és el cas de la mutació IVS2+1G -> A que s'ha identificat en 10 dels 40 al.lels (25%), la mutació D255H que s'ha identificat en 7 dels al.lels (17.5%) i la mutació nova T3271 que s'ha identificat en 4 al.lels més (10%). Aixi, amb l'estudi d'aquestes tres mutacions es cobreix un 52.5% dels al.lels LDM. Aixi mateix s'ha pogut veure per estudi d'haplotips que aquestes mutacions freqüents estan cada una d'elles en desequilibri de lligament amb un determinat haplotip, el que indicaria un possible origen únic per cada d'aquestes mutacions. Anteriorment s'havia observat que la mutació IVS2+1 G -> A estava associada a la forma infantil de la malaltia, els resultats en pacients espanyols recolzen aquesta observació i, d'altra banda, és la primera vegada que s'estableix la correlació entre la mutació D255H i la forma infantil de la malaltia. També s'ha pogut observar que existeix una correlació clara entre l'activitat enzimàtica i ia clinica dels pacients. Aixi doncs, en aquesta malaltia, ès recomanable iniciar l'estudi dels nous pacients analitzant les tres mutacions freqüents IVS2+1G-> A, D255H i T3271.[eng] Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I, M/M 252800), mucopo/ysaccharidosis II (MPS II, MIM 309900) and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD, M/M 250100) are three hereditary Iysosomal storage diseases due to the deficiency of a Iysosomal enzyme. We have studied the genes codifying the defective enzymes in the Spanish patients. MPS / is an autosomal recessive disease. We studied 27 patients. We identified mutation W402X in 59.3% of MPS I alleles, mutation P533R in 9.3% and mutation Q70X in 7.4%. We cover 76% of the alleles and 63% of the genotypes with the analysis of these three mutations. Correlation between these three mutations and the severe form of the disease seen in the Spanish patients agrees with previous results in other populations. MPS II is an X-Iinked recessive disease. We studied 36 patients. Four patients had a total or partial deletion or a rearrangement of the gene. These gene alterations are related with the severe form of the disease. The rest of the patients presented with a particular point mutation, showing the existence of a high genetic heterogeneity in this disease. Such heterogeneity would difficult the routine molecular diagnosis, although it remains as the best issue for detection. MLD is an autosomal recessive disease. We studied 20 patients. Mutation IVS2+1G -> A was identified in 25% of the alleles. This change is associated with the late-infantile form of the disease. Mutation D255H was identified in 17.5% of the alleles and for the first time we have established a c1ear correlation between this mutation and MLD severe forms. The newly identified mutation T3271 was found in 10% of the alleles. Analysis of these three mutations allows to cover 52.5% of the mutated alleles. Haplotype analyses showed that these three frequent mutations might have a unique origin

    Selected species of <i>Notoseris</i> (A–C) and <i>Paraprenanthes</i> (D–F) in situ.

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    <p>A, <i>Notoseris henryi</i> (Sichuan, 9 Sep. 2013, photo by H. J. Dong; voucher: <i>H. J. Dong & al. 870</i> (KUN)), B. <i>N. scandens</i> (Yunnan, 11 Nov. 2011, photo by Y. Tang; voucher: <i>Z. H. Wang, L. Chen & Y. Tang 457</i> (KUN)), C. <i>N. yakoensis</i> (Yunnan, 11 Nov. 2011, photo by Y. Tang; voucher: <i>Z. H. Wang, L. Chen & Y. Tang 458</i> (KUN)), D. <i>Paraprenanthes wilsonii</i> (Sichuan, 25 Jun. 2011, photo by Z. H. Wang; voucher: <i>Z. H. Wang & L. Chen 344</i> (B, KUN)), E, <i>P. melanantha</i> (Sichuan, 2 Aug. 2011, photo by Z. H. Wang; voucher: <i>Z. H. Wang & L. Chen 489</i> (B, KUN)), F, <i>P. oligolepis</i> (Yunnan, 22 Sep. 2011, photo by G. X. Hu; voucher: <i>H. J. Dong & al. 416</i> (KUN)).</p

    Prosopocoilus zhuchuangi Wang & Wang 2021, new species

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    &lt;i&gt;Prosopocoilus zhuchuangi&lt;/i&gt; Wang &amp; Wang, new species &lt;p&gt;Figs. 1A&ndash;F; 3A, B, D&ndash;I; 4A, B; 5A&ndash;D; 6A&ndash;D, I&ndash;K; 7A&ndash;C&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Prosopocoilus&lt;/i&gt; sp.: Fujita, 2010: 206, pl. 125, figs. 628-1, 2 (characteristics; distribution; illustrations).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Prosopocoilus fulgens&lt;/i&gt; (Didier, 1927): Nguyen &lt;i&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;. 2018: 8, figs. 1&ndash;8 (redescription; distribution; illustrations) [misidentification].&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Type material.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Holotype:&lt;/b&gt; &male;, CHINA, Guizhou: Libo County, Maolan Nature Reserve [K兰H然保护区], 400&ndash; 500m, 15.VII.2021, Ke-Lun Wu leg. (MYNU). &lt;b&gt;Paratypes:&lt;/b&gt; 2&male;&male;, VIETNAM: Yen bai, 25. VI.2020, local collectors leg. (CCZN).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Description of the holotype, male.&lt;/b&gt; Body length 24.8 mm; 3.2 times as long as wide, widest at basal 2/7 of elytra. Length of particular parts: head (5.6 mm), mandible (6.1 mm), pronotum (4.8 mm), elytra (12.8 mm); width: head (7.0 mm), pronotum (8.3 mm), elytra (8.6 mm).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Habitus&lt;/i&gt; (Figs. 1A&ndash;C). Color mostly blackish, including mandibles, head, pronotum, scutellum and legs; elytra dark brown, each with reddish band in middle part; ventral side dark reddish brown. Body generally lustreless and glabrous.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Head&lt;/i&gt; twice as broad as long, broadest at canthi, covered with coarse wrinkles dorsally. Vertex gradually depressed in a triangular area bordered by anterolateral angles and posterior margin of head. Anterolateral angles rounded. Clypeolabrum (Fig. 3A) linguiform, slightly emarginate apically. Canthus slender, almost reaching middle of outer margin of eye. Preocular margin concave. Postocular margin slightly convex. Mandible short, about 1.1 times as long as head, slightly curved, pointed at apex, and with 5&ndash;7 subrounded inner teeth. Antennal club with 3 pubescent antennomeres; antennomere VII rather sharply acuminate; antennomeres VIII&ndash;X lamellate. Mentum subtrapezoidal, with anterolateral angles rounded, covered with coarse punctures. Submentum inverted trapezoidal, covered with coarse wrinkles. Gula elongate, smooth.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Pronotum&lt;/i&gt; 1.7 times as wide as long, widest at lateral angles, and 1.2 times as wide as head. Lateral margin minutely crenulate, weakly rounded before lateral angle and slightly concave after lateral angle. Posterior margin weakly bisinuate. Lateral angles blunt in dorsal view. Posterior angles rounded. Surface mostly covered with coarse wrinkles, changing to coarse punctures in lateral parts.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Scutellum&lt;/i&gt; linguiform. Surface roundly punctate.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Elytra&lt;/i&gt; 1.5 times as long as wide, widest around basal 2/7, and almost as wide as pronotum. Surface micropunctate and smooth, with only roundish punctures at base.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Legs&lt;/i&gt;. Protibia (Fig. 3D) with 6&ndash;8 large teeth, more or less crenellate along outer margin; apex forked with sharp branches at apex. Mesotibia (Fig. 3E) with one lateral spine, and metatibia (Fig. 3F) without lateral spines except apical spurs and spines; mesal sides with a fringe of dense setae in apical 2/3.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Male genitalia&lt;/i&gt;. Abdominal tergite VIII (Fig. 4A) membranous along midline; sternite VIII (Fig. 4B) with a transverse oval membranous area in middle part, slightly sclerotized along midline. Abdominal tergite IX (Figs. 5B, C) rounded at anterior margin; pleurite IX (Fig. 5C) dorsally separated; sternite IX (Fig. 5A) with a &ldquo;U&rdquo;-like membranous area in middle of apical part. Aedeagus with paramere (Figs. 6A&ndash;D) about 2/3 of length of basal piece, without basal process, and with bluntly rounded basal angle at upturned apex (Figs. 6B, D); basal piece (Figs. 6I&ndash;K) distinctly constricted in basal part, with pair of sclerotized dorsal plates; ventral plate (Fig. 6I) with short forked process in middle of apical margin, not longer than lateral processes; median lobe (Figs. 7A&ndash;C) relatively narrow, moderately widened in apical part; flagellum (Figs. 7A&ndash;C) long, trifurcate, about 2.1 times as long as parameres, apex slightly enlarged.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Male paratypes.&lt;/b&gt; Body 24.6&ndash;27.5 mm long. All male types have the same body shape, with no apparent variation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Female.&lt;/b&gt; Unknown.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Etymology.&lt;/b&gt; The new species is dedicated to Mr. Chuang Zhu (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China), an amateur entomologist. The name is a noun in the genitive case.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Distribution.&lt;/b&gt; China (Guizhou) and Vietnam.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Differential diagnosis.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Prosopocoilus zhuchuangi&lt;/i&gt; Wang &amp; Wang, &lt;b&gt;new species&lt;/b&gt; is closely related to &lt;i&gt;P. fulgens&lt;/i&gt;, sharing a fringe of dense setae in the apical 2/3 of the mesal sides of the mesotibiae and metatibiae (Figs. 3E, F, H, I, K, L). It is, however, distinguishable from the latter by the combination of characters shown in Table 1.&lt;/p&gt;Published as part of &lt;i&gt;Wang, Cheng-Bin &amp; Wang, Yu, 2021, A new species of Prosopocoilus Hope &amp; Westwood, 1845 from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae), pp. 384-392 in Zootaxa 5082 (4)&lt;/i&gt; on pages 385-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.4.6, &lt;a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5792821"&gt;http://zenodo.org/record/5792821&lt;/a&gt
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