A new species of Tangius from north India (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae).
Tangius indicus sp. n. (Batrisitae: Batrisini) is described and illustrated from the Indian States of Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, type locality) and West Bengal (Darjeeling). Specimens of the new species are similar to those of the recently described T. glabellus Yin & Li from Tibet, Southwest China, and can be separated only by minor differences of the male features.
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China ; Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai,200062, P. R. China.
Zi-Wei
ZW
Yin
Li-Zhen
LZ
Li
Batrisina; Tangius; new species; taxonomy