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Issue: Vol. 4109 No. 1: 5 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.1
Page range: 1–15
Abstract views: 64
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On a collection of Batraxis Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Hainan Island, southern 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
Bureau of Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, Lingshui, Hainan, 572433, P. R. China
Staphylinidae Pselaphine Brachyglutini Batraxis new species Oriental region Coleoptera

Abstract

Seven species of the genus Batraxis Reitter are described from Hainan Island, southern China: B. bicolor Wang & Yin, sp. n., B. tibialis Wang & Yin, sp. n., B. pilosus Wang & Yin, sp. n., B. spinosus Wang & Yin, sp. n., B. hainanensis Wang & Yin, sp. n., B. minor Wang & Yin, sp. n., and B. simplex Wang & Yin, sp. n. Keys to both sexes of these Batraxis are provided.

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