Two new species and new records of the genus <i>Procirrus</i> Latreille from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).

ABSTRACT: New taxonomic and faunistic data for three species of the genus Procirrus Latreille, 1829 from China are provided. Two new species from Hainan and Yunnan provinces are described and illustrated: P. hei Huang & Peng, sp. nov. and P. yunnanensis Huang & Peng, sp. nov. Additional data (including photographs of the habitus and the type labels) on the type specimen of P. fusculus Sharp, 1889 are given. Procirrus lewisii Sharp, 1889 is recorded from Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan and Xizang for the first time. An identification key to Asian species of Procirrus is given.

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12409331 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature