The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

By

Zhong hua jiao yu wen hua ji jin dong shi hui bian yi wei yuan hui 中华教育文化基金董事会编译委员会
Zhong hua jiao yu wen hua ji jin dong shi hui bian yi wei yuan hui 中华教育文化基金董事会编译委员会
Tang, Liang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1212

Pages

129--141

Subjects

identification key , new record , new species , Platydracus , rove beetle , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295

 

Abstract

A study on Platydracus species of Hainan Province, China is presented. Platydracus hainanensissp. nov., Platydracus aureolussp. nov. and Platydracus zhouchenglinisp. nov. are described as new species. Platydracus marmorellus Fauvel, 1895 and Platydracus subirideus Kraatz, 1859 are recorded from China for the first time. Habitus and diagnostic characters of all species are photographed, and a key to Platydracus species of Hainan is provided.