Priochirus (Plastus), Bernhauer, 1903

Wu, Jie & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2010, Taxonomic study of subgenus Plastus s. str. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) in China, with descriptions of five new species, ZooKeys 51, pp. 17-32 : 19-20

Plastus Bernhauer, 1903

Diagnosis.

This subgenus may be distinguished from the other subgenera by having the head with a pair of distinct lateral teeth; outer lateral teeth on head often present, but never lateral to, nor in the same horizontal plane as main lateral teeth; frontal tooth on anterior margin of frontal impression of head, if present, never single and centrally placed ( Bernhauer 1903, Greenslade 1971).

Key to the species of subgenus Plastus s. str. from China

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