First record of the jacobsoniid beetle genus Derolathrus Sharp (Coleoptera, Jacobsoniidae) from China with the description of a new species

By

Jiang, Ri-Xin
Chen, Xiangsheng
Yang, Lin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-10-7

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

72

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

217--223

Subjects

Coleoptera , Derolathrus , Hainan Island , Staphylinoidea , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.159951

 

Abstract

The jacobsoniid beetle genus Derolathrus Sharp in Sharp & Scott, 1908 is recorded from China for the first time. A new species, Derolathrus hainanensissp. nov., is described; the specimen was collected beneath the bark of a decaying broadleaf tree. A checklist and an updated key to the known species of Derolathrus are provided.