Notes on the Stenus cirrus group, with description of two new species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

By

Pan, Yu-Hong
Tang, Liang
Li, Lizhen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

169

Pages

61-77

Subjects

China , cirrus group , Coleoptera , identification key , new species , Staphylinidae , Stenus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.169.2647

 

Abstract

Two new species, S. zhangdinghengi sp. n., S. maoershanus sp. n., of the Stenus cirrus group are described from South China, Guangxi Province. The male of S. fellowesi Puthz, 2003 and the female of S. huanghaoi Tang & Li, 2008 were discovered for the first time. Their diagnostic characters are illustrated and a key to the Chinese species of the Stenus cirrus group is provided.