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Trisinus tangliangi Ding, Ming & Yin, sp. nov. is described from Shenzhen, South China, which represents a third member of the T. cavernosus Ding, Niu & Yin species group. The new species shares the characteristic male cephalic excavation and aedeagal structures typical of the group, and can be readily distinguished from both congeners by the signi...
The genus Triartiger Kubota (Pselaphinae, Clavigeritae) represents an enigmatic group of obligately myrmecophilous ant-loving beetles endemic to East Asia. Prior to this study, six species had been known across China’s mainland (Jiangxi, Fujian), Taiwan Island, and Tsushima Island of Japan, with merely two species having its symbiotic host recorded...
A new species of the mycetoporine genus Parabolitobius Li, Zhao & Sakai, 2000, P. macropterus sp. nov., is described from Meiling National Forest Park, Jiangxi Province, East China, which represents the second confirmed species of this group in the country. The new species is characterized by the parameres of the aedeagus distinctly exceeding the m...
The subfamily Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) is reported from Shanghai, China for the first time. Three species of the genus Euconnus Thomson were recognized: E. (s. str.) dulcis Sharp, 1886, E. (s. str.) imparitussp. nov. (type locality: Waigang Town, Jiading District), and E.(s. str.) magnoculussp. nov. (type locality: Shanghai Zoo, Hon...
Three new species of the ant-loving beetle tribe Batrisini, Reitter, 1882 (Pselaphinae: Batrisitae) from southeast Xizang, China are described: Arthromelodes lhunzensissp. nov., Tribasodites liangisp. nov., and Tribasodites yumaicussp. nov. Illustrations of the habitus and diagnostic features of these species are provided to aid identification. Wit...
Two closely related species of the genus Trisinus Raffray that exhibit exaggerated cephalic excavations are described: T. cavernosus Ding, Niu & Yin, sp. nov. from Tianmushan National Nature Reserve and T. qingliangmontis Ding, Niu & Yin, sp. nov. from Qingliangfeng National Nature Reserve. Detailed illustrations of the habitus and important diagno...
This paper reports the occurrence of the subfamily Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in the Wumenshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China. Four species in three genera were recognized: Euconnus (s. str.) wumengshanus Yin & Zhou, sp. nov., Himaloconnus obesus Yin & Zhou, sp. nov., Scydmaenus (s. str.) chinensis Franz, 1988, and Scydmaenus...
A new subgenus of Euconnus Thomson, Chenzhilinus subgen. nov., is erected for E. (C.) huapingensis sp. nov. collected from Huaping National Nature Reserve in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. The new subgenus is morphologically most similar to Euconnus s. str. and appears to represent a derived form of the nominotypical subgenus. Chenzhilin...
Triartiger jiangxinongda Yin & Du, sp. nov. (Clavigeritae: Clavigerini) is described from Meiling National Forest Park, Jiangxi, East China based on two male adults collected by a flight intercept trap, which represents the second known species of the genus from China’s mainland. The species is morphologically most similar to the recently documente...
Three new tmesiphorine species from the Nanling Mountains, Raphitreus septuacarinatus sp. nov., Tmesiphorus huapingensis sp. nov., and Tmesiphorus maoermontis sp. nov., are described, with illustrations of the habitus and diagnostic features. All species can be readily separated from congeners by the unique male characters as well as structure of t...
This paper presents the result of a taxonomic study of the genus Tribasodites Jeannel and related genera (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Batrisitae) from Nanling Mountain Area, with 55 species placed in 10 genera being recognized. Forty-one species are described as new, with illustrations of the habitus and diagnostic characters for reliable identific...
Prior to this study, no species of the tribe Pselaphini (Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae) have been known from southern China. Here we report the discovery of the genus Pselaphogenius Reitter, and describe three new representatives from Nanling Mountain Area, namely, P. buccalis sp. nov., P. huapingensis sp. nov., and P. magnus sp. nov. All taxa are diagn...
The Pselaphitae fauna of the Nanling Mountains is sporadically documented. In this paper, two new species of the tribe Tyrini are described and characterized: Linan maoermontis sp. nov. (Guangxi), and Pselaphodes nanlingensis sp. nov. (Guangdong). Poroderus longicornis Raffray (type locality: Laos) is newly recorded from China (Jiangxi). Illustrati...
The Pselaphodes Westwood complex of genera is represented in Hubei Province by four genera and eight species. Recent field work at Wanchaoshan Nature Reserve, Xingshan County revealed a small series of material belonging to this complex. In this paper, we describe Pselaphodes wanchaoshanussp. nov. and provide new faunistic data for P. nomurai Yin,...
Continued collecting efforts at the Jiulong National Wetland Park, Zhejiang, East China revealed two additional species of the ant-loving beetle subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Trisiniotus jiulong sp. nov. and Arthromelodes lianghongbini sp. nov. Both new species are diagnosed, described, and their important characters are illust...
The extinct members of the ant-like stone beetle supertribe Mastigitae are among the best studied groups of all fossil Scydmaeninae, and their evolutionary history can be traced from the latest Albian to the earliest Cenomanian through Miocene/Oligocene, with seven extinct genera being described (summarized in Jałoszyński, 2016; Jałoszyński & Perko...
The clavigerite genus Triartiger Kubota (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) is here reported to occur on the mainland of China, and a new representative, Triartiger spatulatus Yin, new species, is described and illustrated. A single male was collected from a small colony of Tetramorium nipponense Wheeler ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nesting in a dead tr...
The genus Desimia Reitter, 1882 of the ant-loving beetle tribe Ctenistini (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) previously contained 24 species distributed in the Afrotropical and Western Palearctic realms. In this study, Desimia orientalis Zhang and Yin, new species is described based on two males collected from the southern Chinese provinces of Guizhou an...
The ant-loving beetle genus Songius Yin & Li, 2010 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Batrisini) is rarely collected due to a cryptic myrmecophilous lifestyle, and its diversity remains insufficiently explored. Here we describe two new sympatrically distributed species from Mount Fanjing, Guizhou Province, Southwest China. Songius brevisetus...
The myrmecophilous clavigerite Anaclasiger zhudaiae Yin & Huang is known from a single female collected in Guangdong, southern China. Here, I report the discovery of this species in Hunan, central China, associated with Nylanderia flaviabdominis (Wang) ants, which extends its range approximately 630 km northward from the type locality. The male is...
Ancystrocerus spatulatus sp. nov. (Pselaphinae: Tmesiphorini) is described and illustrated from Tham Sai Yok Noi, representing the first Ancystrocerus species in Thailand.
The C. lustricollis group of the scydmaenine genus Cephennodes Reitter was previously represented by three species distributed in northern Vietnam and China (Hong Kong and Guizhou). Here we describe a fourth member, Cephennodes gusu sp. nov., collected from Qionglong Mountain, Suzhou, eastern China. The new species is characterized by its moderatel...
The Pselaphinae fauna of Hubei Province in central China is extremely poorly documented. Here we describe two new species recently collected at a riverbank near Chongyang’s county seat. Batrisiella riparia sp. nov. is characterized by the greatly swollen metafemora of the male, and Nipponobythus varicornis sp. nov. has a darkish-colored body, and u...
Prior to this study, no species of Pseudophanias Raffray had been reported from Nanling, a vast biodiversity conservation area that spans five provinces in southern China. In this paper, three new species of the genus are described: Pseudophanias furcilobus sp. nov. (Guizhou, Guangxi), P. leigong sp. nov. (Guizhou), and P. mulun sp. nov. (Guangxi),...
A highly distinctive genus of pselaphine tribe Batrisini, Feabatrus gen. nov., is described based on Leonardo Fea's historical collection housed in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" di Genova, Italy. The genus includes two new species from Myanmar, F. myanmarensis sp. nov. and F. leonardoi sp. nov. Feabatrus gen. nov. is characterized...
A new species of the small pselaphine genus Tyrodes Raffray (Pselaphitae: Tyrini), T. tibialis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Guangxi, southwestern China. This species can be separated from its congeners mainly by the aedeagal characters as well as by the modified sternite 2 (V), and presence of a preapical projection of the metatibiae...
A new record of Centrophthalmus sinensis Raffray, 1904 from Suzhou, East China is provided, which is also the first Pselaphinae known to occur in this city, and the third pselaphine species from Jiangsu Province. A redescription of the species is given, aided with illustrations of the habitus and other morphological details.
Citation: Yin Z-W (2023) A new species of Physomerinus Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Jiulong National Abstract Physomerinus jiulongensis sp. nov. is described from a series of overwintering individuals collected in decomposing wood at Jiulong National Wetland Park, East China. The new species is characterized and separated f...
The pselaphine genus Pakistatyrus Hlaváč (Pselaphitae: Tyrini) is represented by two species distributed in high mountain areas of the Himalaya. Here a third species, P. schmidti sp. nov., is described from Nepal. The species is characterized by the simple male antennae, large foveae of the pronotum and elytra, greatly reduced elytra, and conspicuo...
The genus Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 and two widely distributed Central Asian species, B. iranica (Saulcy, 1876) and Trissemus melinus (Solsky, 1870), are newly recorded from China (Xinjiang). A diagnosis, illustrations of the habitus and morphological details of both species, and a redescription of T. melinus is provided.
The genus Pseudophanias Raffray includes 19 species distributed in the Oriental Region. Here, the first species from continental China, P. tianmuensis Yin & Zhao sp. nov. , is described and illustrated from West Tianmu Mountain. This species can be readily separated from all congeners by the coarse vestiture, along with its male features. A previou...
Micropeplus shergyla, a new species of the Staphylinoides group and the first species of Micropeplinae from Tibet, is described, illustrated, and compared with geographically close and morphologically similar congeners.
The rove beetle genus Bolitobius Leach is represented by 21 species and two subspecies distributed in the Holarctic Region and the Himalaya. In this paper, Bolitobius lilizheni Yin and Hu, new species of the B. setiger group is described from Tibet, China, and is compared with, and distinguished from, related congeners. The new species is distingui...
A new species of the pselaphine genus Tmesiphorus, T. shihongliangi sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Kachin State, North Myanmar, and is compared with and separated from allied congeners.
Schmidtinus annapurnensis Yin & Kurbatov gen. et sp. nov. of the pselaphine tribe Batrisini is described from the Annapurna mountains of Nepal, with the habitus and major diagnostic features illustrated. The morphological features that distinguish Schmidtinus gen. nov. from related batrisine genera are discussed.
The extant tropical tribe Hybocephalini is a morphologically highly derived group of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), which is characterized most notably by the modified squamous setae that cover various parts of the body. Ten genera and 69 extant species have been found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, with one speci...
The monotypic genus Pakistatyrus Hlaváč, 2006 of the tribe Tyrini (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) previously contained a single species described based on two museum specimens found in northern Pakistan. Here I describe P. inconspicuus sp. nov. from a high-altitude area of Tibet. This species differs from P. ater Hlaváč, 2006 in reddish-brown colorati...
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The tribe Corotocini is one of the most diverse and morphologically specialized groups of rove beetles associated with termites. All species of Corotocini present some degree of membranous enlargement of the abdomen, called physogastry. The development of physogastry occurs after the beetle emerges from the pupa as an ordinary beetle...
The genus Trisiniotus Jeannel of the pselaphine tribe Batrisini comprises two species distributed in North India and southern Myanmar. Here, a third species, T. taoismus Feng & Yin sp. nov. , is described from Mao-shan, Jiangsu Province, East China. The new species can be readily distinguished from both congeners by the unmodified male antennae.
Two new myrmecophilous species of the supertribes Clavigeritae and Batrisitae are described from Yunnan, Southwest China: Diartiger jiquanyui sp. nov. associated with Lasius Fabricius ants, and Myrmicophila yulong sp. nov. associated with Myrmica Latreille ants. Both species are compared with and separated from related congeners, and images of thei...
The taxonomic knowledge of the pselaphine tribe Batrisini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Tibet Autonomous Region is summarized, with 80 species placed in 13 genera. Two genera and 68 species are described as new, aided with illustrations of habitus and diagnostic characters: Arthromelodes alpitorus sp. nov., A. angulatus sp. nov., A. aniqiao...
The taxonomic knowledge of the pselaphine tribe Batrisini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Tibet Autonomous Region is summarized, with 80 species placed in 13 genera. Two genera and 68 species are described as new, aided with illustrations of habitus and diagnostic characters: Arthromelodes alpitorus sp. nov., A. angulatus sp. nov., A. aniqiao...
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The Nanling Mountains are the largest mountain range and an important physical geographical boundary in Southeast China, but their insect diversity has not been sufficiently documented up to now. Through recent investigations of the local staphylinid fauna at Nanling, more than 4500 adult pselaphine beetles were collected and most of...
A second species of the rare myrmecophilous genus Myrmicophila Yin and Li, Myrmicophila motuoensis Yin, new species, is described and figured based on material collected in Xizang, southwestern China. The new species can be separated from Myrmicophila tangliangi Yin and Li from Yunnan by the different shapes of male sexual modifications on the ante...
The evolution of wings propelled insects to their present mega-diversity. However, interordinal relationships of early-diverging winged insects and the timescale of their evolution are difficult to resolve, in part due to uncertainties in the placement of the enigmatic and species-poor order Zoraptera. The 'Zoraptera problem' has remained a content...
Tachinus flavimaculatus Feng & Yin, sp. nov., a new species of the T. nepalensis Ullrich group of the subgenus Tachinoderus Motschulsky, is described from southeastern Xizang, China, with habitus and major diagnostic features illustrated.
The Ctenistini fauna of China is insufficient documented. In this paper the first Chinese species of the genus Ctenisomorphus Raffray, 1890, C. yinggelingensis sp. nov., is described and separated from congeners based on two male and four female specimens collected at Yinggeling Natural Reserve, Hainan Island, southern China. Images of the habitus...
The Mesozoic records of the extant megadiverse subfamily Pselaphinae are scarce. A single genus and species of the tribe Brachyglutini has been recently reported. Here we describe Burmagluta rougemonti gen. et sp. nov., a second representative of Brachyglutini from Burmese amber. The new genus shares with Cretobrachygluta Yin, Kurbatov, Cuccodoro &...
The Oriental pselaphine genus Horniella Raffray, 1905 currently contains 29 species. In this paper, six new species are described: H. nantouensis Zhang, Hu & Yin, sp. nov. and H. taiwanensis Zhang, Hu & Yin, sp. nov. from Taiwan, China; H. bifurca Zhang & Yin, sp. nov. and H. haucki Zhang & Yin, sp. nov. from Thailand; H. khasiensis Zhang & Yin, sp...
A new species of the primarily Australasian genus Eupines King, 1866, E. crinita Li, Nomura & Yin, sp. nov., is described from China and Japan, which is also the first record of the genus from the former country. Moreover, a new distributional record of E. sphaerica (Motschulsky, 1851) from China is provided.
Megabythinus spinitibialis Zhao, Yin & Cai, gen. et sp. nov. is described from Burmese amber and placed as a stem-group member of the tribe Bythinini. It shares with Boreotethys Parker the second tarsomeres shorter than third tarsomeres, but can be readily separated by the much larger body size, elongate antennomeres, and presence of two, asymmetri...
Two new Chinese species of the rare staphylinid subfamily Pseudopsinae, Pseudopsis pengi sp. nov. from Shanxi and Pseudopsis serrata sp. nov. from Yunnan, are described primarily based on the diagnostic structures of their aedeagi. Additional records are given for P. gansuensis Zerche, 1998 Zerche L. 1998. Sieben neue Pseudopsis-Arten aus China mit...
Three new species belonging to the subgenus Latotachinus Ullrich, 1975 of the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst, 1802 are described from China: T. microsculpturatus n. sp. and T. murzini n. sp. from the alpine areas of Sichuan, and T. nanlingensis n. sp. from Nanling Nature Reserve, Guangdong. The former two species share the greatly reduced elytra, lack...
The genus Klimaszewskia Yin & Zhang of the pselaphine tribe Tyrini was recently established to include a single species, viz., K. punctata Yin & Zhang, from Indonesia (Yin & Zhang 2021). However, the generic name was preoccupied by Klimaszewskia Szelegiewicz, 1979 (Hemiptera, Aphididae). In accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomen...
A new genus and species of the pselaphine tribe Tyrini, Klimaszewskia punctata gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Java, Indonesia. Klimaszewskia gen. nov. differs from all other genera of Tyrini primarily by the long, extended maxillary palpus having the fourth palpomere that is mesally expanded near the base, and has an elongate a...
Two new species of the genus Batrisodes Reitter, e.g., B. grandiceps sp. nov. and B. grossepunctatus sp. nov., are described from Shaanxi, central China. The two species are morphologically similar to each other in possessing similar cephalic modifications of the male, and the aedeagus with a well-developed endophallus.
The diversity of the Pselaphodes complex of genera (Pselaphinae: Tyrini) is insufficiently documented in Southeast Asia. In this paper eight new species are described and illustrated from Laos and Vietnam: Labomimus cavicornis sp. nov., Labomimus cucphuong sp. nov., Pselaphodes banphabat sp. nov., Pselaphodes dalatensis sp. nov., Pselaphodes jendek...
Four new staphylinid species from China are described, based on material collected from Tangli Mountain, Yunnan: Euconnus (s. str.) vertexalis Li & Yin, sp. nov. and Syndicus (Semisyndicus) wangjisheni Li & Yin, sp. nov. of the subfamily Scydmaeninae, and Tmesiphorus tanglimontis Li & Yin, sp. nov. and Tribasodites tubericeps Li & Yin, sp. nov. of...
The Chinese fauna of the pselaphine genus Sathytes Westwood (Batrisitae: Batrisini) currently includes 20 species. In this paper, 15 new species from various provinces of the country are described: S. alpicola sp. nov. (Xizang), S. australis sp. nov. (Guangdong, Guangxi), S. chayuensis sp. nov. (Xizang), S. chengzhifeii sp. nov. (Yunnan), S. huapin...
The genus Pseudophanias Raffray, 1890 is discovered in Japan and Taiwan Island for the first time, with three new species: P. yaimensis Inoue, Nomura & Yin, sp. nov., P. nakanoi Inoue, Nomura & Yin, sp. nov., and P. excavatus Inoue, Nomura & Yin, sp. nov. It is the fifth tmesiphorine genus known from Japan and the first from Taiwan. The genus Chand...
A second species of the genus Cerochusa Yin & Nomura, 2012, C. gesinae Yin & Kleeberg, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Chiang Mai, Thailand. The new species can be easily distinguished from C. cilioceps Yin & Nomura, 2012 from China and Thailand by the less strongly modifi ed male head, distinct discal striae of the elytra, dense pubesc...
Diartiger wangzheni Yin & He, sp. nov. is diagnosed, described, and illustrated based on a male specimen collected in Sichuan, southwestern China. The new species was found in association with Lasius ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a flat rock. An updated key to the males of Diartiger species known from China is provided.
The monospecific clavigerite genus Archiclaviger Heller, 1936 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), previously only known from Java, is reported to occur in China. A new species, A. gaofani sp. nov., was collected in nests of Nylanderia Emery, 1906 ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Jiangsu Province, and is described here. The new species can be...
The monospecific genus Syrraphesina Raffray, 1903 contains a single species distributed in eastern New Guinea. In this paper a second species from Lombok Island, S. agostii Yin & Hlaváč, sp. nov., is described, figured, and compared to S. pliciventris Raffray, 1903. A revised diagnosis of Syrraphesina is provided. The distribution of Clavigerini th...
Two new species of the genus Ancystrocerus Raffray, A. lueliangi sp. nov. (China: Yunnan) and A. philippinus sp. nov. (Philippines: Mindanao), are described, illustrated, and distinguished from related congeners.
The genus Batriscenellus Jeannel is recorded from Southeast Asia for the first time, with two species described as new: B. suthepensis Yin & Kleeberg, sp. nov. from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and B. vietnamicus Yin & Kleeberg, sp. nov. from Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. The male of both new species can be readily separated from those of all congeners by the uniqu...
The genus Labomimus Sharp is represented by 44 species widely distributed in Asia, yet no species have been recorded from Sri Lanka. In the present paper, the first Sri Lankan species, L. srilankensis Li & Yin, sp. nov., is described and illustrated.
Structural colours, nature's most pure and intense colours, originate when light is scattered via nanoscale modulations of the refractive index. Original colours in fossils illuminate the ecological interactions among extinct organisms and functional evolution of colours. Here, we report multiple examples of vivid metallic colours in diverse insect...
Within the hyperdiverse beetle family Staphylinidae, Dasycerinae is one of the smallest and most cryptic subfamilies, comprising a sole extant genus characterized by a latridiid beetle‐like body form. Little has been known about their early diversification, character evolution, phylogeny and historical biogeography because of limited fossil materia...
A study of fourteen specimens of the extinct genus Hapsomela Poinar & Brown from Burmese amber revealed three morphospecies, of which two are described as new: Hapsomela minor sp. nov. and H. tibialis sp. nov. The holotype of H. burmitis Poinar & Brown, originally interpreted as a female, is most likely a male. The projections/spines of the pro- an...
The missing type depository information, along with a diagnosis of Pselaphodes ampliatus sp. nov., P. bagmatius sp. nov., P. loebli sp. nov., P. rotundatus sp. nov., and P. symmetricus sp. nov. are provided to validate the names under the conditions required by the ICZN (1999).
Tibetyrus formicarius Yin & Lin, gen. et sp. nov., a new myrmecophilous genus and species of the pselaphine tribe Tyrini, is described from southeastern Xizang, China. Three adults were collected in nests of a Formica ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at an altitude of 3,485 m. Tibetyrus is similar to Megatyrus Hlaváč & Nomura in sharing the ba...
The known Chinese fauna of the genus Sathytes Westwood (Pselaphinae: Batrisini) is comprised of 15 species. Here we describe five more species from eastern China: S. communis Shen & Yin, sp. nov. (from Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi), S. fenghuang Shen & Yin, sp. nov. (from Zhejiang), S. jinggang Shen & Yin, sp. nov. (from Jiangxi), S. obliquus Shen &...
Three cavernicolous species of the ant-loving beetle subfamily Pselaphinae are described based on the material collected in the dark zone of limestone caves in southwestern China. Batraxis liyunchuni sp. nov. and Nipponobythus alienoceps sp. nov. from Guizhou are the first and third cave-dwelling species of their respective genus, but they do not e...
The tribe Scydmaenini is the second most diverse group of the ant-like stone beetle subfamily Scydmaeninae, with more than 730 extant species classified in seven extant genera (Newton, 2019). However, confirmed fossil records important for elucidating the evolutionary history of the tribe are extremely rare, represented by only two species previous...
Protopselaphinae is a small rove beetle subfamily endemic to southeast Asia with only eight extant species placed into a single genus. Here we describe and illustrate the first fossil representative of Protopselaphinae, Protopselaphus thayerae sp. nov., from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Albian-Cenomanian). The new species is distinguished from all...
The missing type depository, along with a diagnosis of Olophrinus parastriatus sp. nov., is provided to validate the name under the conditions required by the ICZN (1999).
Parabolitobius sinensis a new species of the tachyporine genus Parabolitobius Li, Zhao & Sakai, 2000 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the mountainous area of central China, is described and illustrated. It is compared to P. prolongatus (Sharp, 1888) and P. yezoensis Li, Zhao & Sakai, 2000, the only two other species occurring in the eastern Palaear...
Staphylininae is the third largest subfamily of the enormous family Staphylinidae. Monophyly of Staphylininae and its sister relationship to the subfamily Paederinae have been broadly accepted according to both conventional morphology- and molecular-based phylogenies until the last three years. Recent molecular phylogenies rejected monophyly of Sta...
Eleven new species of the Tachinus nepalensis Ullrich group of the subgenus Tachinoderus Motschulsky are described from China, Vietnam and Laos: T. asperius Chang, Li & Yin, sp. nov. (Yunnan), T. biangulatus Chang, Li, Yin & Schülke, sp. nov. (Shaanxi, Sichuan), T. bimorphus Chang, Li, Yin & Schülke, sp. nov. (Yunnan, Xizang), T. breviculus Chang,...
A new species of the genus Pselaphodes Westwood, P. fansipanensis Bekchiev & Yin sp. n., is described from northern Vietnam. The unique modification of the antennomeres 9–10 of the male readily separates the new species from all known congeners.
New Pselaphodes species from Vietnam
A new species of the Tachinus longicornis-group of the subgenus Tachinoderus Motschulsky, i.e., T. motuoensis Chang, Li & Yin, sp. nov., is described from Xizang, China. New collecting records are provided for T. (Tachinoderus) bilobus Chang, Li & Yin and T. (Tachinoderus) ohbayashii Li, Zhao & Sakai in Hubei.
The Chinese species of the Tachyporinae genus Olophrinus Fauvel, 1895 are reviewed to include eight species, of which three are described as new: O . parastriatus Chang, Yin & Li sp. nov. and O . setiventris Chang, Yin & Li sp. nov. of the O. striatus Fauvel, 1895 group from Yunnan, and O . qian Chang, Yin, Li & Schülke sp. nov. of the O. suzukii S...
The genus Labomimus Sharp contains 43 species in Asia and is represented in the Himalayan region by two species from Xizang, China. In this paper, the first species of Labomimus from Nepal, Labomimus flammicornis Yin and Zhang, new species, is described and compared to related congeners.
