title: A remarkable new Awas Löbl from southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae).
abstract: A new distinctive species of the rare Oriental goniacerine genus Awas Löbl, Awas gigas sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on three males and fourteen females taken at the Daoyao Shan Natural Reserve in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. All specimens were collected from colonies of the ant genus Pachycondyla F. Smith nesting in decomposing woods.
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.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jia-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Awas; Oriental region; Pachycondyla; myrmecophile; new species