A second species of the rare myrmecophilous genus Myrmicophila Yin and Li, Myrmicophila motuoensis Yin, new species, is described and figured based on material collected in Xizang, southwestern China. The new species can be separated from Myrmicophila tangliangi Yin and Li from Yunnan by the different shapes of male sexual modifications on the antennae and metafemora, and of the aedeagus.
How to translate text using browser tools
7 December 2021
A New Species of the Rare Myrmecophilous Genus Myrmicophila Yin and Li from Xizang, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Zi-Wei Yin
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 75 • No. 3
September 2021
Vol. 75 • No. 3
September 2021
Batrisini
myrmecophily
Myrmica ants
new species
taxonomy