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Issue: Vol. 2335 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2335.1.3
Page range: 29–39
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 6

Five new Stenus species of the cephalotes group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China with a key to Chinese species of the group

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Burgmuseum Schlitz, Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Vorderburg 1, D-36110 Schlitz, Germany
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Stenus cephalotes group identification key new species China

Abstract

Five new Stenus species of the cephalotes group are described from China: S. substrictus Tang & Puthz, sp. nov. and S. breviculus Tang & Puthz, sp. nov. from Zhejiang Prov., S. gonggashanus Tang & Puthz, sp. nov., S. latipectus Tang & Puthz, sp. nov. and S. tianquanensis Tang & Puthz, sp. nov. from Sichuan Prov., and their diagnostic characters are illustrated. A key to Chinese species of the cephalotes group is provided.

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