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Batrisodes zhouchaoi
| Batrisodes zhouchaoi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Batrisodes |
| Species: | B. zhouchaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrisodes zhouchaoi Jiang, Ri-Xin & Zi-Wei Yin, 2017 | |
Diagnosis
Batrisodes zhouchaoi can be readily separated from all other Chinese congeners by the following combination of characters: antennomere X strongly transverse, with a small denticle at mesal margin, XI with a small denticle base; pronotum distinctly winder than long; mesotrochanter with a blunt ventral projection, mesofemora with a long ventral protuberance at middle, mesotrochanter protuberant ventrally, metafemora expanded along the ventral margin; aedeagus strongly asymmetrical, with elongate, twisted ventral and dorsal lobes.
Description
Distribution
China
Biology
Ant host: Lasius, Nylanderia All adults were collected from ant colonies nesting under stone or bark.
REFERENCES
- Park, O. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 31 (1): 54-100. (1956).
- Yin, Zi-Wei, Jia-Wei Shen & Li-Zhen Li. New species and new combinations of Asian Batrisodes Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), and synonymy of Batrisodellus Jeannel with Batrisodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 62 (1): 45-54. (2015).