identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.text	03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apatetica xuyuhaoi Chang, Schillhammer & Tang 2025	<div><p>Apatetica xuyuhaoi Chang, Schillhammer &amp; Tang,  sp. nov.</p><p>ŕĸěiẽāà</p><p>(Figs. 1–7)</p><p>Type material.   Holotype. China: Guangxi: ♂, glued on a card with labels as follows: “China: Guangxi, Huanjiang, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.67555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.206154" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.67555/lat 25.206154)">Jiuwan Mt., Yangmeiao</a>, 25°12′22.15′′N, 108°40′32.01′′E, alt. 1250 m, 23.IV.2021, Tang, Peng, Cai &amp; Song leg, SNCA1509.” “Holotype /  Apatetica xuyuhaoi / Chang, Schillhammer &amp; Tang” [red label] (SHNU).</p><p>Paratypes. 3♂♂ 1♀, SNCA1510–SNCA1513, China: Guangxi, Jinxiu County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.1975&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.117222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.1975/lat 24.117222)">Laoshan Forest Farm</a>, 24°07′02′′N, 110°11′51′′E, beech forest, mixed leaf litter, humus, sifted, alt. 950 m, 26.VII.2014, Peng, Song, Yu &amp; Yan leg. (SHNU, NMW) ;   2♂♂, SNCA1514, SNCA1515, China: Guangxi, Liuzhou City, Jiuwan Shan  N. R  ., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.6475&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.6475/lat 25.195)">Yangmeiao</a>, 25°11′42′′N, 108°38′51′′E, mixed leaf litter, humus, sifted, alt. 1200 m, 24–26.VII.2015, Li &amp; Zhao leg. (SHNU)  .</p><p>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.</p><p>BL: 8.9–9.2 mm, FL: 7.2–7.7 mm.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Abdomen with microsculpture on tergites VI–VIII; tergite VIII with pronounced sexual dimorphism.</p><p>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.</p><p>Female. Tergite VIII (Fig. 3) apically broadly flattened and truncated.</p><p>Distribution. China (Guangxi).</p><p>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.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mr. Yu-Hao Xu, a promising herpetologist who provides continuous supports to our work.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB1B25D06BFFFD33C4FD456B4CFE94	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chang, Jin-Kang;Schillhammer, Harald;Tang, Liang	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.text	03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nodynus huapingensis Chang, Schillhammer & Tang 2025	<div><p>Nodynus huapingensis Chang, Schillhammer &amp; Tang,  sp. nov.</p><p>Ē坪ūiẽāà</p><p>(Figs. 8–13)</p><p>Type material.   Holotype. China: Guangxi: ♂, glued on a card with labels as follows: “China: Guangxi, Guilin City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.93015&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.56373" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.93015/lat 25.56373)">Huaping 
N.R., Guangfu Peak</a>, 25°33′49.43′′N, 109°55′48.55′′E, alt. 1710 m, 22.IV.2021, bamboo forest, Yin, Zhang, Pan &amp; Shen leg, SNCA1516.” “Holotype /  Nodynus huapingensis / Chang, Schillhammer &amp; Tang” [red label] (SHNU)  .  Paratypes. 2♀♀, SNCA1517, SNCA1518, same data as for the holotype (SHNU);   1♂ 6♀♀, SNCA1519– SNCA1525, China: Guangxi, Guilin City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.928&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.562935" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.928/lat 25.562935)">Huaping 
N.
R., Guangfu Peak</a>, 25°33′46.57′′N, 109°55′40.81′′E, alt. 1800 m, 22.IV.2021, sifting, Yin, Zhang, Pan &amp; Shen leg. (SHNU, NMW) ;   1♀, SNCA1526, China: Guangxi, Guilin City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.93808&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.562433" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.93808/lat 25.562433)">Huaping 
N.
R., Yunxi Valley</a>, 25°33′44.76′′N, 109°56′17.08′′E, alt. 1350 m, 21.IV.2021, sifting, Yin, Zhang, Pan &amp; Shen leg. (SHNU) ;   1♂, SNCA1527, Guangxi, Guilin City, Longsheng County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=109.95936&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.561638" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 109.95936/lat 25.561638)">Liushuiyan Village</a>, 25°33′41.9′′N, 109°57′33.7′′E, alt. 1290 m, 29.V.2023, Peng, Zhou &amp; Duan leg. (SHNU)  .</p><p>......continued on the next page</p><p>......continued on the next page</p><p>......continued on the next page</p><p>Description. Body (Fig. 8–9) entirely black, except slightly reddish antenna, tarsi and tergites.</p><p>BL: 7.9–8.9 mm, FL: 6.8–7.6 mm.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Abdomen with transverse microsculpture on tergites VII–VIII.</p><p>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.</p><p>Female. Tergite VIII flat, wedge-shaped, apically obtusely pointed.</p><p>Distribution. China (Guangxi).</p><p>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.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Huaping National Nature Reserve.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB1B25D069FFF633C4FF3E6D84FC1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Chang, Jin-Kang;Schillhammer, Harald;Tang, Liang	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
