Fifteen new species of Sathytes Westwood from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), with an updated checklist of world species

The Chinese fauna of the pselaphine genus Sathytes Westwood (Batrisitae: Batrisini) currently includes 20 species. In this paper, 15 new species from various provinces of the country are described: S. alpicola sp. nov. (Xizang), S. australis sp. nov. (Guangdong, Guangxi), S. chayuensis sp. nov. (Xizang), S. chengzhifeii sp. nov. (Yunnan), S. huapingensis sp. nov. (Guangxi), S. linzhiensis sp. nov. (Xizang), S. maoershanus sp. nov. (Guangxi), S. nujiangensis sp. nov. (Yunnan), S. panzhaohuii sp. nov. (Xizang), S. shennong sp. nov. (Hubei), S. tianquanus sp. nov. (Sichuan), S. transversus sp. nov. (Xizang), S. valentulus sp. nov. (Guangxi), S. xingdoumontis sp. nov. (Hubei) and S. xizangensis sp. nov. (Xizang). New collection records are provided for S. longitrabis Yin & Li, 2012, S. tangliangi Yin & Li, 2012 and S. yunnanicus Yin & Li, 2012. Maps showing the distribution of the genus in China, and an updated checklist of the world species are provided.

Metadaten
Author:	Zi-Wei Yin, Qi Shen
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-557028
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1133
ISSN:	2118-9773
Parent Title (English):	European journal of taxonomy : 722:37-74
Series (Serial Number):	European journal of taxonomy : EJT (722:37-74)
Publisher:	Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
Place of publication:	Paris
Document Type:	Article
Language:	English
Date of Publication (online):	2020/10/26
Date of first Publication:	2020/10/26
Publishing Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:	2020/10/26
Tag:	China; Sathytes; biodiversity; new species; taxonomy
Page Number:	37
First Page:	37
Last Page:	74
Dewey Decimal Classification:	5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:	Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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