Cephennodes taurus

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2015, The Cephenniini of China. VI. New species and new records of Cephennodes Reitter from Hainan, Guangxi and Guangdong (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 3990 (2), pp. 221-234 : 222

Cephennodes taurus species group

A species group characterized by a pair of long and thick bristles, usually with thickened apices, located on the vertex and directed anteriorly or anterodorsally. The frontoclypeal area is modified in most species (with one exception), and the aedeagus represents the simonis form, with the subapical area of the dorsal wall bearing numerous tiny setae. Six species were placed in this group, all known only from China: C. taurus Jałoszyński, 2007 , C. tauroides Jałoszyński, 2007 , C. qiongdaoanus Jałoszyński, 2012 , C. capra Jałoszyński, 2012 , C. clypeicornis Jałoszyński, 2012 and C. capricornis Jałoszyński, 2012 .