Taxonomic study of subgenus Plastus s. str. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) in China, with descriptions of five new species

By

Wu, Jie
Zhou, Hong-Zhang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

51

Pages

17-32

Subjects

China , new species , Plastus s. str , Staphylinidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.51.457

 

Abstract

This paper treats Chinese species of the rove beetle genus Plastus Bernhauer, 1903, subgenus Plastus s. str. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae). None of the 87 previously described species of this subgenus are known from China. The following five new species are described and illustrated: Plastus (s. str.) amplus Wu & Zhou, sp. n. from Xizang, P. (s. str.) biconcavus Wu & Zhou, sp. n. from Guangxi, P. (s. str.) rhombicus Wu & Zhou, sp. n. from Yunnan, P. (s. str.) shanghaiensis Wu & Zhou, sp. n. from Shanghai, and P. (s. str.) tuberculatus Wu & Zhou, sp. n. from Hainan. A key to adults of the five known Chinese species is provided.