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4.
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B, 5D, E, J, 7DF)
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(6 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀).
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:
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♂, labeled
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: Hainan, Ledong Hsien (ffi÷ θ), Jianfengling N. R. (*RΚDאffiffiU), Mingfenggu (d¼☺),
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, rainforest, decaying log,
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, Peng, Yin, Tu, Song, Shen, Zhou, Wang leg..
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, 4 ♀♀, same label data as
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; 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, same data except
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.
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Body with sparse, minute pubescence in most areas; frons with abrupt subantennal transverse sulcus; vertex lacking median pit; antennomeres IX slightly elongate; pronotum with shallow median antebasal fovea and distinct basal impression; all tibiae thin; protibiae and mesotibiae with apical spur; protrochanters protuberant ventrally; tergite IV with narrow basal sulcus; discal carinae long, close; with relatively short marginal carinae; aedeagus relatively elongate.
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Male (
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B). Body 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 thin, antennomeres IIIIX slightly elongate, X transverse, XI largest, widest near base, then obliquely narrowing toward apex; median gular carina shallow, with two clearly separated small nude gular foveae. Pronotum slightly wider than long, PL
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, PW
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, with shallow median antebasal fovea and complete basal impression. Elytra wider than long, EL
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, EW
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, dorsal surface with sparse, minute setae, with pair of distinct foveae at base. Protrochanters strongly protuberant at ventral margin (
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J); protibiae and mesotibiae each with small apical tooth (
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D, 5E). Abdomen slightly wider than long, AL
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, AW
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, slightly expanded at base; tergite IV (first visible tergite) sparsely pubescent, with narrow basal sulcus; discal carinae relatively elongate, divergent, close at bases, extending to two-fifth of tergal length, width between carinae
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at bases,
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at apices; marginal carinae extending to apical one-third of tergal length. Aedeagus (
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DF)
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in length, relatively elongate, parameres distinctly exceeding apex of median lobe, apically narrowed, each with two preapical setae; endophallus with two pair of symmetric sclerites and spine-like structures at apex.
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Female. Very similar to male in general appearance; protrochanters, protibiae and mesotibiae lacking spur; each eye composed of about 30 facets. Measurements: BL
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; HL
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; PL
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; PW
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; EL
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; EW
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; AL
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; width between discal carinae of tergite IV
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at bases,
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at apices.
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<paragraph id="E103E87FFFD9D31459C1CCA461F595D6" blockId="5.[151,1437,730,2019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFD9D31459C1CCA464E9953E" bold="true" box="[199,432,1778,1803]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Comparative notes.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFD9D31458B1CCA56727953F" box="[439,638,1779,1802]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosas">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFD9D31458B1CCA56727953F" box="[439,638,1779,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Batraxis spinosas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is close to
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFD9D3145BFACCA566FB953F" box="[764,930,1778,1802]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFD9D3145BFACCA566FB953F" box="[764,930,1778,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by sharing the abrupt subantennal transverse sulcus, and slightly elongate antennomeres IIIIX. These two species can be separated by the pronotal median antebasal fovea being reduced to a depressed area, presence of a complete, shallow basal impression, close discal carinae of tergite IV, pro- and mesotibiae each spinose apically, and aedeagus with long parameres and symmetric endophallus in
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFD9D3145844CDD5649B95AF" box="[322,450,1923,1946]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosas">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFD9D3145844CDD5649B95AF" box="[322,450,1923,1946]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B. spinosas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="26BC93FCFFD9D31458D6CDD567E595AF" box="[464,700,1922,1946]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Batraxis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFD9D31458D6CDD567E595AF" box="[464,700,1922,1946]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Batraxis hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a small but distinct median antebasal fovea on the pronotum, the basal impression is abrupt at the middle, the pro- and mesotibiae are simple, the discal carinae of tergite IV are more widely separated, and the aedeagus has shorter parameres and asymmetric endophallus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A9A6BBF4FFDAD31759C1CAC167279285" box="[199,638,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E103E87FFFDAD31759C1CAC167279285" blockId="6.[199,1139,151,213]" box="[199,638,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDAD31759C1CAC164399285" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern
<collectingCountry id="99ABA8EFFFDAD31758D5CAC167439285" box="[467,538,151,176]" name="China" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">China</collectingCountry>
: Hainan.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A9A6BBF4FFDAD31759C1CAEA612A92E0" box="[199,1139,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E103E87FFFDAD31759C1CAEA612A92E0" blockId="6.[199,1139,151,213]" box="[199,1139,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="D3C8346DFFDAD31759C1CAEA641792E0" bold="true" box="[199,334,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet refers to the spinose apices of the male mesotibiae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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