taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	vernacular_names	ŕĸěi ẽāà	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 7)	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. China: Guangxi: ♂, glued on a card with labels as follows: “ China: Guangxi, Huanjiang, Jiuwan Mt., Yangmeiao, 25 ° 12 ′ 22.15 ′′ N, 108 ° 40 ′ 32.01 ′′ E, alt. 1250 m, 23. IV. 2021, Tang, Peng, Cai & Song leg, SNCA 1509. ” “ Holotype / Apatetica xuyuhaoi / Chang, Schillhammer & Tang ” [red label] (SHNU). Paratypes. 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀, SNCA 1510 – SNCA 1513, China: Guangxi, Jinxiu County, Laoshan Forest Farm, 24 ° 07 ′ 02 ′′ N, 110 ° 11 ′ 51 ′′ E, beech forest, mixed leaf litter, humus, sifted, alt. 950 m, 26. VII. 2014, Peng, Song, Yu & Yan leg. (SHNU, NMW); 2 ♂♂, SNCA 1514, SNCA 1515, China: Guangxi, Liuzhou City, Jiuwan Shan N. R., Yangmeiao, 25 ° 11 ′ 42 ′′ N, 108 ° 38 ′ 51 ′′ E, mixed leaf litter, humus, sifted, alt. 1200 m, 24 – 26. VII. 2015, Li & Zhao leg. (SHNU).	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	description	Description. Body (Fig. 1 – 2) blackish, with the lateral margins of the pronotum broadly dark reddish-brown; elytra with dark metallic greenish hue; antennae and legs black except for the reddish-brown antennomeres 1 – 5 and tarsomere 5. BL: 8.9 – 9.2 mm, FL: 7.2 – 7.7 mm. HW: 1.76 – 1.79 mm, PW: 3.55 – 3.70 mm, EW: 3.53 – 3.75 mm, AL: 4.21 – 4.31 mm, PL: 2.01 – 2.21 mm, EL: 4.07 – 4.17 mm. Head strongly transverse; vertex with flat extensive elevation, both sides of elevation glossy, with micropunctation, and in postero-median portion with a cluster of numerous macropunctures; frons glossy and with micropunctation, laterally with macropunctures; lateral portion behind eye and area near medial margin of eye with very dense and coarse punctation. Antennae very long and slender; antennomeres 4 and 5 three times as long as broad; antennomere 10 approximately 1.6 times as long as broad. Pronotum approximately 1.7 – 1.8 times as broad as long and 2.0 – 2.1 times as broad as head, broadest at posterior third; lateral margins broadly explanate, with shallow longitudinal microsculpture, each with several marginal punctures; disc weakly elevated; punctation of disc coarse, dense laterally and sparser in middle; medio-lateral portions of disc with irregular impunctate patches. Elytra approximately 1.9 – 2.0 times as long as pronotum; each elytron with nine finely punctate striae; intervals flat with micropunctation; lateral apical angles of elytra obtuse. Scutellum transverse. Legs very long and slender. Abdomen with microsculpture on tergites VI – VIII; tergite VIII with pronounced sexual dimorphism. Male. Tergite VIII wedge-shaped, apically obtusely pointed; aedeagus (Fig. 4 – 7) 2.7 mm long; median lobe long, slender, tapering apicad, and very acute apically in ventral view, apical two-fifths distinctly bent dorsad in lateral view; parameres slender, apically obtuse and flattened in ventral view and bent ventrad. Female. Tergite VIII (Fig. 3) apically broadly flattened and truncated.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangxi).	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from all known congeners with metallic elytra by the combination of the following characters: antennae black except for the reddish-brown antennomeres 1 – 5, elytra with dark metallic greenish hue and obtuse lateral apical angles, the shape of pronotum and the distribution of pronotal punctation, and female tergite VIII apically broadly flattened and truncated. The comparison between the new species and all known congeners with metallic elytra and obtuse lateral apical elytral angles is shown in Table 1.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mr. Yu-Hao Xu, a promising herpetologist who provides continuous supports to our work.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	vernacular_names	Ē 坪ūi ẽāà	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	description	(Figs. 8 – 13)	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. China: Guangxi: ♂, glued on a card with labels as follows: “ China: Guangxi, Guilin City, Huaping N. R., Guangfu Peak, 25 ° 33 ′ 49.43 ′′ N, 109 ° 55 ′ 48.55 ′′ E, alt. 1710 m, 22. IV. 2021, bamboo forest, Yin, Zhang, Pan & Shen leg, SNCA 1516. ” “ Holotype / Nodynus huapingensis / Chang, Schillhammer & Tang ” [red label] (SHNU). Paratypes. 2 ♀♀, SNCA 1517, SNCA 1518, same data as for the holotype (SHNU); 1 ♂ 6 ♀♀, SNCA 1519 – SNCA 1525, China: Guangxi, Guilin City, Huaping N. R., Guangfu Peak, 25 ° 33 ′ 46.57 ′′ N, 109 ° 55 ′ 40.81 ′′ E, alt. 1800 m, 22. IV. 2021, sifting, Yin, Zhang, Pan & Shen leg. (SHNU, NMW); 1 ♀, SNCA 1526, China: Guangxi, Guilin City, Huaping N. R., Yunxi Valley, 25 ° 33 ′ 44.76 ′′ N, 109 ° 56 ′ 17.08 ′′ E, alt. 1350 m, 21. IV. 2021, sifting, Yin, Zhang, Pan & Shen leg. (SHNU); 1 ♂, SNCA 1527, Guangxi, Guilin City, Longsheng County, Liushuiyan Village, 25 ° 33 ′ 41.9 ′′ N, 109 ° 57 ′ 33.7 ′′ E, alt. 1290 m, 29. V. 2023, Peng, Zhou & Duan leg. (SHNU).	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	description	Description. Body (Fig. 8 – 9) entirely black, except slightly reddish antenna, tarsi and tergites. BL: 7.9 – 8.9 mm, FL: 6.8 – 7.6 mm. HW: 1.47 – 1.67 mm, PW: 3.53 – 3.77 mm, EW: 3.53 – 3.82 mm, AL: 1.86 – 2.01 mm, PL: 2.01 – 2.16 mm, EL: 4.02 – 4.36 mm. Head transverse; vertex with a pair of glossy patches, micropunctation separated by a cluster of numerous macropunctures; frons glossy and with micropunctation, laterally with punctures; lateral portion behind eye and area near medial margin of eye with very dense and coarse punctation. Antennae short with antennomeres 7 – 11 strongly dilated and forming a distinct club; antennomeres 4 – 6 as long as broad; antennomere 7 sub-spherical. Pronotum approximately 1.7 – 1.8 times as broad as long and 2.2 – 2.4 times as broad as head, broadest at posterior third; lateral margins with moderate bead; disc with moderately dense micropunctation; punctation of disc coarse, dense laterally, sparser in the middle and absent on either side of the base. Elytra approximately 2 times as long as pronotum; shoulders with a small tooth; each elytron with nine finely punctate striae; intervals flat and with micropunctation; posterior margins curved. Scutellum longitudinal. Legs short, outer margin of protibiae curved inwards in apical third and slightly concave between spines. Abdomen with transverse microsculpture on tergites VII – VIII. Male. Tergite VIII proximally broad, apically obtusely pointed; aedeagus (Fig. 10 – 13) 1.7 mm long; parameres of aedeagus slender, apically acute and bent ventrad; median lobe slightly shorter than parameres in ventral view. Female. Tergite VIII flat, wedge-shaped, apically obtusely pointed.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangxi).	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Nodynus huapingensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all known congeners by the combination of the following characters: elytra entirely black, the distinctive shape of pronotum and the distribution of pronotal punctation. The comparison summaries of the important characteristics between the new species and all the known species are presented in Table 2.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Huaping National Nature Reserve.	en	Chang, Jin-Kang, Schillhammer, Harald, Tang, Liang (2025): Two new species of Apateticinae from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5575 (2): 314-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.7
