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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 2: 6 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.9
Page range: 194–200
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of Batrisodes Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from 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 Pselaphinae Batrisini Batrisodes new species myrmecophilous China

Abstract

Two new species, Batrisodes linyejiei Jiang and Yin, new species and Batrisodes petalosus Jiang and Yin, new species, are described from China. The former species is associated with Formica ants and the latter with Myrmica ants. A key to all 11 Batrisodes species known to occur in China is provided.

 

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