Batriscenellus
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Key to the species groups and to the Chinese species of Batriscenellus (based on males)
1. Abdomen simple in structure, without sensory setae, patch or excavation; metafemora strongly modified (fig. 28)............................................................................ (B. uenoi species group) B. femoralis sp. n.
- Abdominal tergites IV–VI with either specialized setae, or patch, or excavation; metafemora normal in structure.......... 2
2. Tergite IV with a large median excavation, tergites V–VI simple in structure............... (B. auritus species group)... 3
- Tergite IV lacking median excavation, tergites V–VI with either sensory setae, or patch or excavation.................. 7
3. Abdominal tergite IV with pair of lateral setiferous patches (figs. 10, 12, 14; Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B; Löbl, 1974: 92, fig. 1)................................................................................................. 4
- Abdominal tergite IV lacking lateral setiferous patches (Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-D)............ B. subalpicolus (Nomura)
4. Excavation of tergite IV located near base, lateral setiferous patches large, tergite V modified (figs. 12–15).............. 5
- Excavation of tergite IV located near apex, lateral setiferous patches much smaller, tergite V unmodified (figs. 10–11; Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B)................................................................................... 6
5. Tergite IV with lateral margins of excavation well-delimited by widely forked ridges, with pair of small setiferous patches mesal to ridges, median excavation of tergite V narrow (figs. 12–13)............................... B. chinensis sp. n.
- Tergite IV with lateral margins of excavations defined by indistinct parallel ridges, lacking setiferous patches mesal to ridges, median excavation of tergite V much wider (figs. 14–15).......................................... B. pulcher sp. n.
6. Length more than 2.00; tergite IV with base of excavation bearing filament structure (Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B); aedeagus in lateral view with short ventral lobe, dorsal apophysis not split in apical half (Nomura, 2003: 170, fig. 4-B).................................................................................................... B. satoi (Nomura)
- Length less than 1.75; tergite IV lacking filament structure (figs. 10–11; Löbl, 1974: 92, fig. 1); aedeagus in lateral view with distinctive elongate ventral lobe, dorsal apophysis bifurcate in apical half (fig. 16; Löbl, 1974: 93, fig. 3)... B. auritus (Löbl)
7. Abdominal tergite V with pair of lateral setiferous patches (Nomura, 1991: 384, fig. 116-A–F; 387, fig. 117-A–B)........................................................................................... B. fragilis species group
- Abdominal tergite V lacking lateral setiferous patches (Nomura, 1991: 387, fig. 117-C; Kurbatov, 1990: 74, fig, 2-A)..... 8
8 Abdominal tergite V with broad and sparse setae at posteromedian margin; tergite VI with very broad excavation on basomedian portion, apex lacking specialized long setae (Nomura, 1991: 387, fig. 117-C)........... B. transformis species group
- Abdominal tergite V with much narrower and denser setae at posteromedian margin; tergite VI with excavation also narrow, apex with tuft of specialized long setae (Kurbatov, 1990: 74, fig, 2-A)...................... B. admonitor species group
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.201335 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Batriscenellus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- genus
References
- Nomura, S. (2003) Two new species of Batrisiella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from the alpine area of Sichuan, China. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, 6, 165 - 172.
- Lobl, I. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) der Koreanischen Volksdemokratischen Republik. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 19 (5), 91 - 104.
- Nomura, S. (1991) Systematic study on the genus Batrisoplisus and its allied genera from Japan (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Esakia, 30, 1 - 462.
- Kurbatov, S. A. (1990) To the knowledge of the pselaphid beetles (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) of Yakutia and Far East. Revue d'Entomologie de l'URSS, 69 (1), 71 - 78 (in Russian with English abstract).