A remarkable new Awas Löbl from southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

By

Yin, Zi-Wei
Shen, Jia-Wei
Li, Lizhen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

522

Pages

153-158

Subjects

Awas , myrmecophile , new species , Oriental region , Pachycondyla

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.6109

 

Abstract

A new distinctive species of the rare Oriental goniacerine genus Awas Löbl, A. gigas sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on three males and fourteen females taken at the Daoyao Shan Natural Reserve in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. All specimens were collected from colonies of the ant genus Pachycondyla F. Smith nesting in decomposing woods.