Stenus micuba

Zhao, Cai-Yun, Cai, Wan-Zhi & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2008, Two new Stenus (Hypostenus) species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae), Zootaxa 1725, pp. 48-52 : 49

Key to Chinese species of micuba -group (for definition of this group see Naomi 1990)

1 Antennae long, when reflexed extending nearly to hind margin of pronotum. Aedeagus and spermatheca as in Figs. 4, 5 in Puthz 2003. Jiangxi Prov ....................................................... S. (H.) hlavaci Puthz, 2003 - Antennae short, when reflexed not reaching hind margin of pronotum......................................................2 2 Paramere of aedeagus longer than median lobe...........................................................................................3 - Paramere of aedeagus shorter than median lobe ( Fig. 4 ). Hubei Prov. … S. (H.) cuneatus , sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Details of Stenus (H.) trifurcatus sp. n. (1 - 3) and S. (H.) cuneatus sp. n. (4 - 8). 1, 4 — aedeagus; 2, 5 — male sternite IX; 3, 6 — male sternite VIII; 7 — hooks of internal sac; 8 — spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.