title: A taxonomic revision of the silphaeformis species-group of the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from China.
abstract: The Chinese species of the silphaeformis group of the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst are revised with fifteen species being treated. Thirteen of them are described as new: T. armatus Feng & Li, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. cavazzutii Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. coronatus Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Ningxia, Qinghai), T. hercules Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. hujiayaoi Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Shaanxi), T. jiuzhaigouensis Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. linzhiensis Feng & Li, sp. n. (Tibet), T. maderianus Feng & Li, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. mengdaensis Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Qinghai), T. oblongoelytratus Feng & Li, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. parahercules Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Sichuan), T. paralinzhiensis Feng & Li, sp. n. (Tibet), and T. yini Feng, Li & Schülke, sp. n. (Sichuan). The two known species are redescribed based on the holotypes and additional material. Illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic characters, distributional maps, and identification keys of all species are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Blankenfelder Straße 99, 13127 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schülke
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: China; Tachinus; distributional maps; key; revision; silphaeformis species group