A new species of Linan Hlaváč (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Shenzhen, China

Abstract

A new Chinese species of the genus Linan Hlaváč, 2003, L.qiniangmontissp. nov., is described based on two male and three female specimens from sifted leaf litter samples at Qiniang Mountain, Shenzhen City, Guangdong. The species can be readily recognized and separated from all congeners based on the forms of the male antennae, the metaventral processes, and the aedeagus.

Notes on the Pselaphodes Westwood complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) of Hubei, China, with description of a new species and additional faunistic data

“…As of 1 st May, 2024, 179 species of this complex have been described ( Newton 2022 ). The most diverse genus, Pselaphodes Westwood, contains 87 species (e.g., Huang et al 2018a , 2018b ; Huang and Yin 2019 , 2020; Yin 2019 ; Yin and Li 2021 ), followed by Labomimus Sharp with 48 species (e.g., Zhang and Yin 2019 ; Zhang et al 2019 ; Li and Yin 2020 ; Yin and Li 2021 ), Linan Hlaváč with 17 species (e.g., Yin et al 2011a ; Yin and Li 2013a ; Zhang et al 2018 ; Zhao et al 2019 ), Lasinus Sharp with 12 species ( Bekchiev et al 2013 ; Yin et al 2014 ), and the other, smaller genera Nomuraius Hlaváč ( Huang and Yin 2018 ), Paralasinus Hlaváč & Nomura ( Hlaváč and Nomura 2001 ), Taiwanophodes Hlaváč ( Bekchiev 2010 ), Dayao Yin, Li & Zhao ( Yin et al 2011b , 2013a ), and Indophodes Hlaváč ( Hlaváč 2003 ), each comprising no more than five species.…”