A review of the Stenus aureolus group of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author Shuai, Qi College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Author Tang, Liang College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, & corresponding author: e-mail: staphylinidae @ shnu. edu. cn Author Luo, Yong-Ting College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2020 Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae 2020-12-03 60 2 615 627 http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.043 journal article 10.37520/aemnp.2020.043 1804-6487 5177872 33D1CD77-7BC6-4083-8FD7-8F7DDAE309A6 Stenus aureolus group Diagnosis. Medium body size: 3.4–5.3 mm ; body entirely blackish, with legs reddish to dark brown; pubescence short but distinct; punctation of entire body dense and confluent, interstices more or less reticulated; abdomen with broad paratergites; paraglossae oval; legs relatively stout; tarsomere IV relatively simple or shortly bilobed; male meso- and metatibiae each with tooth on inner side of apex; spermathecae strongly sclerotized, comprising of basal porch and spermathecal tube.