Pyxidicerina, Raffray, 1904

Shaga, I Bevin, Priya, K, Ramar, Selvakumar, Srinidhi, S, Mohan, G Chandra, Ranganathan, Sukanya, Moulvi, S M M & Mani, Bhuvaneswari, 2021, A List of Pselaphine Species (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Collected from Mt. Phia Oac, North Vietnam in 2017 with a Corrected Checklist of the Pselaphine Species Known from Vietnam, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 47 (1), pp. 7-17 : 9

1. Pyxidicerina , gen. and sp. undet 1 ( Fig. 3A )

Specimens examined. 1 male, W (: wolfranium = tungsten) mine, St. A, alt. 1,672 m, by SWA, 20. viii.; 1 female, SE slope, St. A, alt. 1,287 m, by SWA, 21. viii.

Remarks. The subtribe Pyxidicerina is separated from the other subtribe Bythinnoplectina by having a pair of deep cavities where the maxillary palpi are contracted not on the both lateral sides ( Bythinoplectina ), but on the frontal side. It is common in Southeast Asia as shown in Nomura et al. (2010) (15 spp. from Thailand), and Nomura (2019) (3 spp. from Laos).

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Fig. 3. Photos of pselaphine species collected in the survey. A. Pyxidicerina, gen. and sp. undet 1; B. Pseudoplectus? sp. 1, male; C. ditto, female; D. Trimium? sp. 1; E. Intestinarius sp. 1; F. I. sp. 2; G. Trisinus sp. 1; H. T. sp. 2; I. T. sp. 3; J. Sathytes sp. 1; K. Reichenbachia sp. 1; L. Trissemus sp. 1; M. Batraxis sp. 1; N. Triomicrus sp. 1, male; O. ditto, female; P. Plagiophorus sp. 1; Q. P. sp. 2; R. Pseudophanias sp. 1; S. Pselaphodes sp. 1; T. Nomuraius piaoacus Yin et Lee, 2013, male; U. ditto, female.