title: Pengzhongiella daicongchaoi gen. et sp. n., a remarkable myrmecophile (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Batrisitae) from the Gaoligong Mountains.
abstract: A new genus and species, Pengzhongiella daicongchaoi, of the subtribe Batrisina (Batrisitae: Batrisini) is described from the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, Southwest China. Adults were collected in a colony of Odontomachus monticola, and presented reduction of certain external characters and elongate appendages relating to myrmecophily. Description and illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic features of the new taxon are provided; a brief discussion of its taxonomic placement is included. The new species also represents the first record of a Pselaphinae in association with an Odontomachus ant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Batrisini; China; Coleoptera; Odontomachus monticola; Pengzhongiella daicongchaoi; Yunnan; myrmecophily; new genus; new species; taxonomy
references.citation: Zookeys. 2012;(205):45-57
references.pmid: 22792034