Descriptions of three new species of the Termitophilous tribe Termitopaediini in China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

By

Song, Xiao-bin
Li, Lizhen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

424

Pages

91-100

Subjects

China , Dioxeuta , new species , Oriental region , taxonomy , Termitopaediini , termitophily , Termitopulex

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.424.7670

 

Abstract

Three new species belonging to two genera of the aleocharine tribe Termitopaediini Seevers, viz., Dioxeuta rara Song & Li, sp. n., D. yunnanensis Song & Li, sp. n., and Termitopulex sinensis Song & Li, sp. n. from Baihualing Natural Reserve (Southwest China: Yunnan) are described and illustrated. This is the first record of Termitopulex Fauvel, 1899 from China.