Discovery of the termitophilous genus Trichopsenius Horn, 1877 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from China with description of a new species

By

Jiang, Ri-Xin
Huang, Xiu-Dong
Chen, Xiangsheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1152

Pages

35--43

Subjects

Guizhou , Rove beetles , Termites , termitophily , Trichopseniini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1152.99290

 

Abstract

The termitophilous genus Trichopsenius Horn, 1877 is recorded from China for the first time. A new species, Trichopsenius huaxiensissp. nov. is described; it was collected in a nest of the termite genus Reticulitermes Holmgren from a dead and flattened pine tree.