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2.
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Wang and Yin
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(
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B, 5B, 5F, 5H, 6DF)
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(
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:
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♂, labeled
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: Hainan, Qiongzhong Hsien, Limu Mt., nr., residence,
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, decaying log,
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, Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou, Yan, Wang leg..
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1 ♀, same label data as
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.
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<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD31259C1CBA764FE903F" bold="true" box="[199,423,497,522]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis of male.</emphasis>
Body almost glabrous; frons with abrupt subantennal transverse sulcus; vertex lacking median pit; antennomeres IX as long as wide; pronotum with distinct median antebasal fovea and complete basal impression; all tibiae thin; protibiae concaved and protuberant near apex, mesotibiae lacking apical spur; protrochanters protuberant ventrally; tergite IV with broad, abrupt basal sulcus; discal carinae short, widely separated; with short marginal carinae; aedeagus stout.
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Male (
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B). Body completely glabrous, reddish brown, length
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. Head rectangular, slightly wider than long, HL
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, HW
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, vertex glabrous, apical margin of frons and clypeus sparsely pubescent; vertex moderately convex, with pair of small but distinct vertexal foveae; antennal tubercles low; frons flattened, with abrupt subantennal transverse sulcus, lacking vertexal sulcus; each eye composed of about 30 facets; antennae relatively thick, antennomeres IIIV slightly elongate, VIIX as long as wide, IX smaller than VIII, X transverse, XI largest, widest near base, then obliquely narrowing toward apex; median gular carina narrow, with two clearly separated gular foveae. Pronotum slightly wider than long, PL
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, PW
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, with small nude median antebasal fovea and complete, shallow basal impression. Elytra wider than long, EL
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, EW
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, with two pairs of distinct foveae at base. Protrochanters strongly protuberant at ventral margin (
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H), protibiae distinctly concaved before apex, one small tooth at each side of the cavity (
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B), profemora with small ventral protuberance at middle (
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F). Abdomen wider than long, AL
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, AW
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, obliquely narrowed at base; tergite IV (first visible tergite) with broad, abrupt basal sulcus; discal carinae short, widely separated, extending to apical one-fifth of tergal length, width between discal carinae
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at apices; short marginal carinae extending to apical one-fourth of tergal length. Aedeagus (
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DF)
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in length, stout, parameres each with three preapical setae; endophallus complicated, comprised with a series of asymmetric sclerites, and numerous fine spine-like structures at apex.
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Female. Very similar to male in general appearance; legs lacking modifications; each eye composed of about 25 facets. Measurements: BL
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; HL
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; PL
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; EW
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; AL
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; AW
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; width between discal carinae of tergite IV
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at apices.
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<paragraph id="E103E87FFFDFD31259C1CF07669A97E3" blockId="3.[151,1437,389,1566]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD31259C1CF0764E8975F" bold="true" box="[199,433,1361,1386]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFDFD31258BFCF046734975C" box="[441,621,1361,1385]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tibialis">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD31258BFCF046734975C" box="[441,621,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Batraxis tibialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be readily separated by the presence of a small protuberance on the ventral margin of the profemora, preapically concaved protibiae with a small tubercle inside, combined with the stout aedeagus with asymmetric aedeagal endophallus. As far as is known, all other
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFDFD3125D48CFCC61F49784" box="[1102,1197,1434,1457]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD3125D48CFCC61F49784" box="[1102,1197,1434,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Batraxis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from Hainan lack such protuberance on the profemora and concavity on the protibiae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A9A6BBF4FFDFD31259C1CFB7672797CF" box="[199,638,1505,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E103E87FFFDFD31259C1CFB7672797CF" blockId="3.[151,1437,389,1566]" box="[199,638,1505,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD31259C1CFB7643997CF" bold="true" box="[199,352,1505,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern
<collectingCountry id="99ABA8EFFFDFD31258D5CFB7674397CF" box="[467,538,1505,1530]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">China</collectingCountry>
: Hainan.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A9A6BBF4FFDFD31259C1CC536128942B" box="[199,1137,1541,1566]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E103E87FFFDFD31259C1CC536128942B" blockId="3.[151,1437,389,1566]" box="[199,1137,1541,1566]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDFD31259C1CC536417942B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1541,1566]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet refers to the modified protibiae of the new species.
</paragraph>
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