New species of karst-dwelling Pselaphinae from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
2020-03-11
60
1
163
168
journal article
21743
10.37520/aemnp.2020.009
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1804-6487
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Genus
Batraxis
Reitter, 1881
This is a diverse group comprising 65 species distributed mainly in the Oriental-Australian Region, with a few species reaching the eastern and southern Palaearctic Realm, and one (i.e.,
B
.
hampei
Reitter, 1881,
type
species of the genus) occurring in
Greece
(
WANG et al. 2016
;
WANG & YIN 2016a
, b;
LÖBL 2017
). Members have been commonly encountered in sifted samples of leaf litter or associated with decomposing logs, while two species from
Japan
were postulated to be inquilines of
Lasius
Fabricius, 1804 ants (
NOMURA 1986
,
MARUYAMA 2004
). Here the first cavernicolous species of
Batraxis
is described.