A new Batricavus species from East Malaysia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
Author
Löbl, Ivan
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, CH- 1208 Geneva, Switzerland.
Author
Li, Lizhen
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
pselaphinae@gmail.com
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2014
2014-03-31
121
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journal article
231090
10.5281/zenodo.5822964
bc3c133e-8164-48e5-996b-c6e0494f9e8f
0035-418X
5822964
Revised key to male
Batricavus
1a Anterior margin of frons conspicuously protruding anteriorly to form two horn-like projections (
Fig. 1A
); antennomeres VI greatly enlarged, with large mesal cavity (
Fig. 1B
). (East
Malaysia
:
Sabah
).
B. cornutus
sp. nov.
1b Frons simple, without modification; antennomeres VI not enlarged........ 2
2a Protibiae simple; metafemora near apical fourth broadened mesally (
Yin & Li, 2012: 37
, fig. 2B); tergite IV with large median cavity (
Yin & Li, 2012: 37
, fig. 2A). (South
China
:
Hainan
).........
B. abdominalis
Yin & Li
2b Protibiae expanded laterally, either at apical forth (
Yin
et al
., 2011: 4
, fig. 8) or near middle (
Yin & Li, 2012: 38
, fig. 3A); metafemora and tergite IV simple.............................................. 3
3a Antennomeres VIII much larger than VII (
Yin
et al.
, 2011: 4
, fig. 6); apical fourth of protibiae expanded laterally and angular (
Yin
et al
., 2011: 4
, fig. 8). (South
China
:
Guangdong
; East
China
:
Zhejiang
)...................................................
B. tibialis
Yin & Li 3a Antennomeres VIII distinctly smaller than VII (
Yin & Li, 2012: 36
, fig. 1B); protibiae expanded laterally near middle and angular (
Yin & Li, 2012: 38
, fig. 3A). (South
China
:
Hainan
).........
B. hainanensis
Yin & Li