A new species of Apecholinus Bernhauer, 1933 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Mangshan, China
A new species, Apecholinus speciosus Sun & Liu, sp. nov. collected from Mangshan, Hunan Province, China, is described. Illustrations of taxonomically important characters and photographs of the habitus are provided. The new species is compared to Apecholinus imitator Smetana & Hu, 2019. The complete mitochondrial genome of A. speciosus was sequenced, assembled, and annotated. Phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial genomes showed that two Apecholinus species form a clade sister to Ocypus and Dinothenarus, and they all belong to the Ocypus lineage.
Authors
- Gang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6690-4024)
- Zhiping Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3308-3274)
- Lin He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7163-2969)
- FEI-YAN JIANG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2440-6921)
- WAN-WAN SUN (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5224-537X)
Institutions
- Southwest University (CN)
- Chongqing University (CN)
- Institute of Plant Protection (CN)
- Chongqing Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.25
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03