Eight new species of Batrisodes Reitter from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

By

Jiang, Ri-Xin
Yin, Zi-Wei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

694

Pages

11-30

Subjects

Batrisodes , China , myrmecophilous , new species , Pselaphinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.694.13802

 

Abstract

Eight new species of the genus Batrisodes Reitter are described from continental China, seven of which were found in association with ants: B. abdominalis sp. n. and B. tianmuensis sp. n. with an Ectomomyrmex ant from Zhejiang; B. grossus sp. n. with an Odontomachus ant from Guangxi; B. simianshanus sp. n. with an Aphaenogaster ant from Chongqing; B. qiului sp. n. with a Pheidole ant, B. xuhaoi sp. n. with a Lasius ant, and B. zhouchaoi sp. n. with Lasius and Nylanderia ants from Sichuan. Batrisodes zethus sp. n. was collected from a leaf litter sample.