Discovery of Steninae from Ningxia, Northwest China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

By

Tang, Liang
Li, Lizhen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

272

Pages

1-20

Subjects

China , Coleoptera , identification key , new species , Ningxia , Staphylinidae , Steninae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.272.4389

 

Abstract

A study on the Steninae of Ningxia Autonomous Region is presented. Sixteen species are recognized, including new province records for 11 species and four new species: Stenus biwenxuani sp. n., S. liupanshanus sp. n., Dianous yinziweii sp. n., D. ningxiaensis sp. n. Habitus photos of the new species, illustrations of diagnostic characters of all species and a key to species of the Steninae recorded from Ningxia are provided.