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| Apatetica angusticollis Chang, Schillhammer & Tang, 2024 |
Abstract
Five species of Apatetica Westwood, 1848 from China are recorded and illustrated: Apatetica angusticollis sp. nov. from Sichuan, A. confusa Assing, 2018 from Yunnan, A. intermedia Cameron, 1930 from Sichuan, A. laevicollis Fauvel, 1904 from Guangdong and Guangxi, and A. sikkimi Fauvel, 1895 from Xizang. The last four are new to China. The new species is described, and a photograph of a living specimen is presented. Apatetica intermedia and A. sikkimi are redescribed and diagnosed. A key to Chinese species of the genus is provided.
Key words: Apateticinae, Guangdong, Guangxi, identification key, Oriental region, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan
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| Apatetica angusticollis sp. nov. A–F SNCA1111 G SNCA1112 A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C, D aedeagus in lateral view E, F aedeagus in ventral view G female tergite VIII. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C–F); 0.25 mm (G). |
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| living Apatetica angusticollis sp. nov. (SNCA1112) on decaying grass and leaf litter, taken in Sichuan, Dayi County, Xiling Snow Mt. on 31 Jul. 2021. photo by Mr. Qing-Hao Zhao |
Apatetica angusticollis Chang, Schillhammer & Tang, sp. nov.
狭领脊葬隐翅虫
Diagnosis: The new species can be recognized among all known congeners with metallic elytra by the combination of the following characters: antennae and most of the legs reddish brown, pronotum with anterior margin narrower than head, and elytra with obtuse lateral apical angles.
Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective composed of the Latin adjective angustus (narrow) and the Latin noun collum (the neck). It alludes to the narrow anterior margin of the pronotum.
Jin-Kang Chang, Harald Schillhammer and Liang Tang. 2024. A New Species and some new distribution records of the Genus Apatetica Westwood from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Apateticinae). ZooKeys. 1212: 65-77. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.130072
