Nitidotachinus Campbell, 1993

Zheng, Dan-Lin, Li, Li-Zhen & Zhao, Mei-Jun, 2014, Review of Nitidotachinus Campbell (Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from Mainland China, ZooKeys 447, pp. 87-107 : 88-89

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Nitidotachinus Campbell, 1993

Nitidotachinus Campbell, 1993: 522; Downie and Arnett 1996: 470; Herman 2001: 849.

Type species.

Tachinus tachyporoides Horn, 1877.

Diagnosis.

Species of the genus are similar to those of allied genera Tachinus and Leucotachinus , but differ mainly in follows ( Campbell 1993).

Body flatter, strongly shining. Ocular puncture obsolete; mentum with a pair of long apical setae and frequently a pair of basal setae; submentum setae; antennae elongate, with subapical segments at least 1.5 times as long as wide, with only first and second segments lacking dense pubescence; mandible narrowly elongate, with prostheca reduced, not extending beyond middle of mandible. Surface of pronotum almost impunctate, at most with minute fine punctures; mesocoxal cavities contiguous, with apex of mesosternal intercoxal process not reaching posteriorly to apex of metasternal intercoxal process. Abdominal tergites devoid of pruinose spots; posterior lateral corners of fouth–sixth tergites each with a long, projecting bristle. The empodial setae much longer than those of Tachinus and Leucotachinus .

Key to the species of Nitidotachinus from Mainland China