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Issue: Vol. 4097 No. 4: 4 Apr. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.2
Page range: 475–494
Abstract views: 98
PDF downloaded: 6

Revision of the genus Araneibatrus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

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
Hesse Federation for Cave and Karst Research, Königswarter Str. 2a, 36039 Fulda, Germany
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Araneibatrus Tribasodellus new synonymy new species key China Laos

Abstract

The genus Araneibatrus Yin & Li, 2010 is placed as a senior subjective synonym of Tribasodellus Nomura & Yin, 2011, syn. n., resulting in A. callissimus (Nomura & Wang, 1991) comb. n. (= Tribasodellus callissimus). A revised diagnosis and a redescription of Araneibatrus are provided, and the generic limits of Araneibatrus are re-evaluated. Four new species collected in limestone caves are described from China and Laos: A. cellulanus sp. n. (China: Guangdong), A. grossepunctatus sp. n. (China: Hunan), A. pubescens sp. n. (China: Yunnan), and A. spinosus sp. n. (Laos: Oudomxay). All six known species are diagnosed, illustrated, keyed, and mapped.

 

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