A new species and some new distribution records of the genus Apatetica Westwood from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Apateticinae)

By

Chang, Jin-Kang
Schillhammer, Harald
Tang, Liang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1212

Pages

65--77

Subjects

Apateticinae , Guangdong , Guangxi , identification key , Oriental region , Sichuan , Xizang , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.130072

 

Abstract

Five species of Apatetica Westwood, 1848 from China are recorded and illustrated: Apatetica angusticollissp. nov. from Sichuan, A. confusa Assing, 2018 from Yunnan, A. intermedia Cameron, 1930 from Sichuan, A. laevicollis Fauvel, 1904 from Guangdong and Guangxi, and A. sikkimi Fauvel, 1895 from Xizang. The last four are new to China. The new species is described, and a photograph of a living specimen is presented. Apatetica intermedia and A. sikkimi are redescribed and diagnosed. A key to Chinese species of the genus is provided.