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Cheng-Bin Wang, Ri-Xin Jiang, Jiang Zhu. 2018.
Micropeplus liweiae sp. n., a new species from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Micropeplinae).
ZooKeys, 2018, 775: 97-102.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.775.22620
http://zoobank.org/34D87368-3017-438F-971C-586335DC791D
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 Latreille, 1809 is the most speciose genus of Micropeplinae (Coleoptera,
Staphylinidae), with members distributed in Ethiopian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental
and Palaearctic Regions. Campbell (1968, 1992, 1995) established eight species-
groups to classify the species of the genus.
In the fauna of China, 22 species had been recorded before this study (Herman
2001; Schulke and Smetana 2015; Grebennikov and Smetana 2015; Zheng et al.
2016). Grebennikov and Smetana (2015) revealed the amazing hyper diversity of Micropeplinae
in Southwest China. In this paper, Micropeplus liweiae sp. n., a new species
belonging to the staphylinoides species-group is described and illustrated from Sichuan
Province, China. The type specimens were collected under a rock in an alpine meadow.