Cephennodes ( Fusionodes ) malleiphallus Jałoszyński, 2007a

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2025, The Cephenniini of China. X. New species and new records of Cephennodes Reitter of Yunnan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 5664 (1), pp. 1-101 : 96

Cephennodes ( Fusionodes) malleiphallus Jałoszyński, 2007a [ China: Yunnan]

Cephennodes ( Fusionodes) ovatides Jałoszyński, 2025b [ China: Sichuan]

Cephennodes ( Fusionodes) wrasei Jałoszyński, 2007b [ China: Sichuan]

One new species is described below.

Key to males of Cephennodes ( Fusionodes) of China not placed in species groups

1 Aedeagus in ventral view with broadly T-shaped (‘hammerhead’) distal region.............. C. malleiphallus Jałoszyński

- Distal region in ventral view not T-shaped.................................................................. 2

2 In ventral view, distal region of aedeagus strongly broadening distad............................ C. wrasei Jałoszyński

- In ventral view, distal region of aedeagus narrowing distad.................................................... 3

3 In ventral view, distal region of aedeagus (apical projection) tripartite, with narrow elongate median process flanked by lateral subtriangular lobes; parameral apices indiscernible and asetose........................... C. pseudolinguatus sp. nov.

- In ventral view, distal region of aedeagus not divided; distal regions of parameres long and exposed, with apical setae...................................................................................... C. ovatides Jałoszyński