Descriptions of the developmental stages of Cafius nauticus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), with comments on its biology Author Cai, Yu-Jie 0000-0001-8823-6904 Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China cyj 6991 @ sina. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8823 - 6904 cyj6991@sina.com Author Tang, Liang 0000-0001-8823-6904 Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China cyj 6991 @ sina. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8823 - 6904 cyj6991@sina.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-08 5182 5 429 447 journal article 138779 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.5.2 5a340973-2c12-47d5-9b21-c70972c5abb6 1175-5326 7059602 602C21D4-647B-4549-8499-E9AAB8251370 Key to the known pupae of Cafius 1. Lateral margins of abdomen with six pairs of setiform projections.............................................. 2 - Lateral margins of abdomen with two pairs of setiform projections.............................................. 5 2. Anterior margin of pronotum with fewer than five setiform projections on each side................................ 3 - Anterior margin of pronotum with equal or greater than five setiform projections on each side........................ 4 3. Anterior margin of pronotum with four setiform projections on each side............................... C. luteipennis - Anterior margin of pronotum with three setiform projections on each side............................ C. lithocharinus 4. Larger, with length 6 mm ; anterior margin of pronotum with five or six setiform projections on each side....... C. nauticus - Smaller, with length 4–5mm ; anterior margin of pronotum with five setiform projections on each side.......... C. sericeus 5. Anterior margin of pronotum with nine setiform projections on each side............................... C. seminitens - Anterior margin of pronotum with three setiform projections on each side............................... C. canescens