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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-18
Page range: 593–596
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Supplement to the knowledge of the genus Scaphidium Olivier of East China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae)

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1st Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China.
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1st Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Scaphidiinae China

Abstract

A new species, Scaphidium ahrensi sp. n., is described from Fujian Province and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. Scaphidium vicinum Pic, 1915 is discovered from mainland China for the first time. A modified key is given to accommodating these two species.

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