Two new species and new records of the genus Procirrus Latreille from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)

By

Huang, Lei
Cao, Guang-Hong
Peng, Zhong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-8-27

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1250

Pages

189--200

Subjects

China , Morphology , new records , new species , Rove beetles , Taxonomic key

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1250.158452

 

Abstract

New taxonomic and faunistic data for three species of the genus Procirrus Latreille, 1829 from China are provided. Two new species from Hainan and Yunnan provinces are described and illustrated: P. hei Huang & Peng, sp. nov. and P. yunnanensis Huang & Peng, sp. nov. Additional data (including photographs of the habitus and the type labels) on the type specimen of P. fusculus Sharp, 1889 are given. Procirrus lewisii Sharp, 1889 is recorded from Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan and Xizang for the first time. An identification key to Asian species of Procirrus is given.