Taxonomic study on Sathytes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I Author Yin, Zi-Wei Author Li, Li-Zhen Author Zhao, Mei-Jun text Journal of Natural History 2012 2012-04-30 46 13 - 14 831 857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.651651 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2011.651651 1464-5262 5199684 Sathytes wuyishanus Yin and Li , sp. nov. ( Figures 3N , 6B,I , 7N , 8N ) Type material Holotype . Male , labelled ‘ CHINA : Fujian Prov. / Wuyishan City / Tongmu Village / alt. 800 m / 28 July 2008 / Nan QI and Zi-Wei YIN leg.’. Paratype . One female, same label data as holotype. Description Male. Body reddish brown, mouthparts and tarsi lighter; BL 1.54. Head ( Figure 3N ) much wider than long, HL 0.28, HW 0.36. Vertexal foveae indistinct, posterior edge of foveae located anterior to level of posterior margin of eyes; LE: LP = 1.80: 1. Eyes well developed, large and prominent, each comprises about 15 facets. Antennae with scapes thick and large; pedicels larger than antennomeres III, III–IV subequal in width, V–VI subequal in width, slightly wider than IV, VII–VIII subequal in width, slightly wider than VI, IX–XI ( Figure 6B ) strongly clubbed; semi-membranous apophysis on antennomere IX as in Figure 7N ; antennomere X wider than long, XI ( Figure 6I ) with two truncate basal protuberances, the more basal one covered with tufts of specialized apical setae. Pronotum about as long as wide, PL 0.35, PW 0.37. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.45, EW 0.61. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.46, AW 0.52; tergite IV three times as long as next. Length of aedeagus ( Figure 8N ) 0.19. Female. Slightly larger than male; BL 1.74, HL 0.32, HW 0.40, PL 0.41, PW 0.42. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.52, EW 0.64, AL 0.50, AW 0.61. Eyes each comprises about 15 facets. Habitat and distribution Sifted from the leaf litter of a coniferous broad-leaved forest. East China ( Fujian ). Etymology The species is named after its type locality. Remarks This species may be separated from all other Sathytes species by the middle-positioned apophysis of antennomere IX, which is slightly curved and pointed posteriorly.