On the Domene species of China, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Feldmann, Benedikt
Author
Peng, Zhong
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
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2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.456.8413
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.456.8413
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae
Domene (Macromene) firmicornis Assing & Feldmann, 2014
Figs 1, 2B, 4
Domene
(Macromene) firmicornis
Assing & Feldmann, 2014: 510.
Comment.
Examined type specimens of this species are listed in an addendum in
Assing and Feldmann (2014)
. The previously undescribed female sexual characters are
as
follows: female tergite VIII (Fig. 4C) with shallow postero-median impression and distinctly concave posterior excision; female sternite VIII (Fig. 4D) about as long as broad, posterior margin concave in the middle; sclerotized structure in female genital segments (Fig. 4E) symmetric and very weakly sclerotized. For illustrations of
Domene firmicornis
see Figs 2B, 4 and
Assing and Feldmann (2014
: figures 36-43).
Figure 4.
Domene firmicornis
. A median dorsal portion of head B median portion of pronotum C female tergite VIIwI D female sternite VIII E female tergites
IX-X
. F male sternite VII G male sternite VIII H aedeagus in ventral view I aedeagus in lateral view J aedeagus in dorsal view. Scales:
A-B
0.2 mm;
C-J
0.5 mm.