A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

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A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). / Zhou, Cheng Lin; Zhao, Qing-Hao; Tang, Liang.

In: Zootaxa, Vol. 5399, No. 5, 2024, p. 505-516.

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Zhou, CL, Zhao, Q-H & Tang, L 2024, 'A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)', Zootaxa, vol. 5399, no. 5, pp. 505-516. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.2

APA

Zhou, C. L., Zhao, Q-H., & Tang, L. (2024). A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Zootaxa, 5399(5), 505-516. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.2

Vancouver

Zhou CL, Zhao Q-H, Tang L. A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Zootaxa. 2024;5399(5):505-516. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.2

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Zhou, Cheng Lin ; Zhao, Qing-Hao ; Tang, Liang. / A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). In: Zootaxa. 2024 ; Vol. 5399, No. 5. pp. 505-516.

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title = "A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)",
abstract = "We here propose a species group within the genus Platydracus, the brachycerus group, that is very likely associated with termites and includes three known species: Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000; Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005; and Platydracus donnyi Rougemont, 2015. We also describe three new species belonging to this group, all from China: P. smetanai sp. n. (Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi), P. gracilis sp. n. (Guangxi) and P. paragracilis sp. n. (Yunnan). Platydracus juang is newly recorded from Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan provinces. A key to species of the Platydracus brachycerus group is provided. ",
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