Six new species and a new record of Linan Hlaváč in China, with a key to species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

By

Zhang, Yu-Qing
Li, Lizhen
Yin, Zi-Wei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

793

Pages

115-133

Subjects

China , Distribution , identification key , Linan , new record , new species , Tyrini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.793.27661

 

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Linan Hlaváč are described from central to southern China: L.arcitibialissp. n. (Hubei), L.denticulatussp. n. (Guizhou), L.divaricatussp. n. (Jiangxi), L.geneolatussp. n. (Guizhou), L.mangshanussp. n. (Hunan), and L.mulunensissp. n. (Guangxi), with illustrations of habitus and major diagnostic characters. Linanmegalobus Yin & Li, originally described from Guizhou, is newly recorded in Hubei. An updated key to and a distributional map of all 16 known species are provided.