Three new species of the myrmecophilous genus Doryloxenus from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Xiao-Bin Song; Li-Zhen Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.456.8584

Three new species of the myrmecophilous genus Doryloxenus from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Zookeys. 2014 Nov 21:(456):75-83. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.456.8584. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Xiao-Bin Song¹, Li-Zhen Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200234, P. R. China.

Abstract

Three new species of the pygostenine genus Doryloxenus Wasmann, viz., Doryloxenusaenictophilus sp. n. (from Zhejiang), Doryloxenustangliangi sp. n. (from Zhejiang), and Doryloxenussongzhigaoi sp. n. (from Yunnan), are described, illustrated and distinguished from the Asian congeners. An identification key to the Chinese species is given.

Keywords: China; Doryloxenus; Pygostenini; army ant; myrmecophilous; new species.