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Issue: Vol. 2512 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2512.1.1
Page range: 1–25
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 5

Taxonomical study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I.

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Tyrini Pselaphodes taxonomy new combination new species key China

Abstract

Twelve Chinese species of the genus Pselaphodes Westwood, 1870 are described and illustrated. This includes one previously known species, Pselaphodes walkeri (Sharp, 1892), and, eleven new species: P. aculeus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Yunnan, P. cornutus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Henan, P. declinatus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Zhejiang, P. hlavaci Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Sichuan, P. latilobus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Zhejiang, P. miraculum Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Guizhou, P. nomurai Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Henan and Shanxi, P. subtilissimus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Yunnan, P. tianmuensis Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Zhejiang, P. torus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Qinghai and P. wuyinus Yin, Li & Zhao sp. nov. from Jiangxi and Fujian. Labomimus yunnanicus Hlaváč, Nomura & Zhou, 2002 is transferred to Pselaphodes. A key to all thirteen Chinese species of Pselaphodes is provided.

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