Micropeplus liweiae sp. n., a new species from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Micropeplinae)

Abstract

A new species of micropepline beetle is described from Sichuan, China, Micropeplus liweiae sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Important morphological characters of the new species are illustrated by colour plates.

Micropeplus shergyla sp. nov., the first species of Micropeplinae from Tibet (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

“…belong to the diverse Holarctic Staphylinoides group (for a diagnosis and a description of the group see Campbell, 1992) (Watanabe & Luo, 1991;Campbell, 1992Campbell, , 1995J.-K. Li & Chen, 1993*;Yang, 1995;Watanabe, 2000;L.-Z. Li & Zhao, 2001;Tronquet, 2008;Wang et al, 2018;Zheng et al, 2013Zheng et al, , 2014. [*The identifi cation of all staphylinids in the book by J.-K. Li & Chen should be considered doubtful due to inadequate descriptions and their insuffi cient knowledge of the group.]…”