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Issue: Vol. 3985 No. 2: 10 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.8
Page range: 291–295
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 5

Zopherobatrus gen. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), a new troglobitic batrisine from southwestern 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
taxonomy Pselaphinae Batrisitae new genus new species China

Abstract

A new genus and new species of the pselaphine tribe Batrisini, Zopherobatrus tianmingyii Yin & Li gen. et sp. n., is described based on material collected from a cave in Guizhou, southwestern China. The new taxon exhibits a typical suite of morphological adaptations to life in caves, and represents a third genus of the cave-inhabiting Pselaphinae in China.