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Issue: Vol. 3397 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3397.1.4
Page range: 55–61
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 5

Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecophilous pselaphines (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. I. Tangius glabellus gen. et sp. nov. from Tibet

Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Batrisina Tangius glabellus new genus new species taxonomy Tibet China

Abstract

Tangius glabellus Yin & Li, a new myrmecophilous genus and species of the subtribe Batrisina, is described and illustratedfrom Tibet, Southwest China, and its taxonomic placement is discussed. Brief biological information on the new species is provided.

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