Three new species of Eutheiini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from China.
Three new species of the ant-like stone beetle tribe Eutheiini are described from the People's Republic of China: Eutheia laolongiana sp. n. (Gansu), Veraphis gansuanus sp. n. (Gansu) and V. assingi sp. n. (Sichuan). Key morphological char-acters of the new taxa are illustrated and a distinctly sub-Himalayan distribution of all Eutheiini hitherto known to occur in China is summarized.
Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland; Email: scydmaenus@yahoo.com.
Paweł
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Jałoszyński
D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male