title: A peculiar new species of the genus Tetrasticta Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: Tetrasticta gnatha sp. n., collected under the bark of a rotten fallen tree in Peninsular Malaysia, is described. A habitus photograph, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and a diagnosis are provided. The new species is readily distinguished from all known congeners by having long mandibles, and long, curved maxillary palpi.
authors.affiliation: Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.
authors.forename: Shûhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Munetoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
keywords: Aleocharini; Oriental region; description; taxonomy; under bark