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Issue: Vol. 4691 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.8
Page range: 83–87
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 5

Araneibatrus phuphaphet sp. nov., a new cavernicolous Pselaphinae from Satun Geopark, southern Thailand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Laboratory of Environmental Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Excellence Center for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Coleoptera taxonomy Batrisini new species Asian cave Satun Geopark Thai Peninsula

Abstract

A new cavernicolous species of the genus Araneibatrus Yin & Li, 2010, A. phuphaphet sp. nov., is described from Phu Pha Phet Cave, Satun Province, southern Thailand. The discovery extends the known distributional range of Araneibatrus for more than 1,500 km southwards. The conspicuously spinose pronotum, sexually modified profemur of the male, and unique configuration of the aedeagus serve to readily separate the new species from all known congeners.

 

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