Ten new species of cavernicolous Tribasodites from China and Thailand, and a list of East Asian cave-inhabiting Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Yin Zi-Wei, Nomura Shuhei, Li Li-Zhen
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 105-127, 2015
Published in print: 1st June 2015
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Abstract: The Tribasodites bedosae Yin & Li, 2011 species-group is designated to
accommodate the cavernicolous species placed in the genus Tribasodites Jeannel,
1960. This group includes three previously described species from the Chinese
province of Guangxi, Tribasodites bedosae Yin & Li, 2011, T. deharvengi Yin
& Li, 2011, and T. tiani Yin & Li, 2011, and ten new species discovered
in China and Thailand: T. hubeiensis sp. nov. from Hubei, central China, T.
abnormalis sp. nov., T. cehengensis sp. nov., T. liboensis sp. nov., T.
setosiventris sp. nov., and T. xingyiensis sp. nov. from Guizhou, southwestern
China, T. bama sp. nov., T. kawadai sp. nov., T. uenoi sp. nov. from Guangxi,
southwestern China, and T. thailandicus sp. nov. from Chiang Mai, northern
Thailand. The new species are described, and the male habitus and important
diagnostic features are illustrated. Distributions of members of the T. bedosae
group are approximately mapped based on the label data. A key for
identification of males is given. A species list of East Asian cave-inhabiting
Pselaphinae is provided.
Key words: Batrisina, Tribasodites, taxonomy, new species, cavernicole, karst, China, Thailand