Abstract
The first species of the mastigite genus Clidicus Laporte (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from China is described, under the name of Clidicus chinensis n. sp. The type material has been collected in Jianfengling (Hainan prov.); the habitus, aedeagus and spermatheca of the new species are illustrated.