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Issue: Vol. 3355 No. 1: 22 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3355.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 5

Redescription of Ceroderma asperata Raffray, and description of Cerochusa cilioceps gen. et sp. n. from Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3-23-1, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0073, Japan
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Ceroderma asperata Cerochusa cilioceps new genus new species Malaysia China

Abstract

The monotypic genus Ceroderma Raffray and the type species C. asperata Raffray are redescribed and illustrated, based onexamination of the holotype and additional specimens collected near the type locality. An allied new genus and species, Cero-chusa cilioceps Yin & Nomura, gen. et sp. nov. is described from Hainan Island, South China, and distinguished from related batrisine genera.

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