Oxyporus

Li, Guo-Feng, Wang, Chun-Mei, Li, Hua-Feng, Li, Zhi-Gang & Huang, Pu-Ze, 2017, A new species of the genus Oxyporus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxyporinae) in Yunnan Province, China, Zootaxa 4268 (4), pp. 588-592 : 591

Key to the species of Oxyporus of Yunnan Province

1 Body entirely black; known from Baoshan ......................................................................................................... O. femoratus Zheng

- Body bicolor...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Head black to brownish black…………………. .............................................................................................................................. 3

- Head yellow to reddish yellow.......................................................................................................................................................... 8

3 Maximum length more than 9 mm ................................................................................................................... ……………….........4

- Maximum length no more than 9 mm ............................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Pronotal disc without transverse depression; known from Lijiang ...................................................................... O. germanus Sharp

- Pronotal disc with 1 deep, transverse depression located just before middle; known from Mojiang .............. O. wangae sp. nov. Li

5 Abdomen brownish yellow, with two longitudinal black fasciae on tergites 3–7; known from Binchuan ....... O.bifasciarius Zheng

- Abdomen without black longitudinal fasciae.................................................................................................................................... 6

6 Abdominal tergites 3–4 or 3–5 yellow to reddish yellow; known from Dali ......................................................... O. riparius Zheng

- Abdominal tergites 3–4 or 3–5 black................................................................................................................................................ 7

7 Elytra with black area in basal part of suture; pronotal disc bearing 2 vague longitudinal depressiions in middle just behind the transverse depression; know from Lijiang ....................................................................................... O. transversesulcatus Bernhauer

- Elytra without black area in basal part of suture, pronotal disc bearing 3 vague longitudinal depressiions in middle just behind the transverse depression; known from Kunming ......................................................................................................... O. kunmingius Li

8 Abdominal segments 3–5 black; known from Lijiang............................................................................................. O. yulong Zheng

- Abdominal segments 3–5 brownish yellow to reddish yellow.......................................................................................................... 9

9 Posterior portion of gula and metasternum brownish yellow; known from Puer ............................................................ O. lii Zheng

- Posterior portion of gula and metasternum reddish yellow............................................................................................................. 10

10 Pronotal anterior without macula, disc with 2 deep, transverse depressions before middle; known from Puer ............ O. puerius Li

- Pronotal anterior 1/2 bearing a black small subquadrate macula, disc with 1 deep, transverse depressions before middle; known from Mojiang .......................................................................................................................................................... O. bingshengae Li