Batriscenellus

Yin, Zi-Wei, Li, Li-Zhen & Zhao, Mei-Jun, 2011, Batriscenellus Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) redefined, with notes on the Chinese species, Zootaxa 3016, pp. 37-50 : 48-49

Key to the species groups and to the Chinese species of Batriscenellus (based on males)

1. Abdomen simple in structure, without sensory setae, patch or excavation; metafemora strongly modified (fig. 28)............................................................................ ( B. uenoi species group) B. femoralis sp. n.

- Abdominal tergites IV–VI with either specialized setae, or patch, or excavation; metafemora normal in structure.......... 2

2. Tergite IV with a large median excavation, tergites V–VI simple in structure............... ( B. auritus species group)... 3

- Tergite IV lacking median excavation, tergites V–VI with either sensory setae, or patch or excavation.................. 7

3. Abdominal tergite IV with pair of lateral setiferous patches (figs. 10, 12, 14; Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B; Löbl, 1974: 92, fig. 1)................................................................................................. 4

- Abdominal tergite IV lacking lateral setiferous patches ( Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-D)............ B. subalpicolus (Nomura)

4. Excavation of tergite IV located near base, lateral setiferous patches large, tergite V modified (figs. 12–15).............. 5

- Excavation of tergite IV located near apex, lateral setiferous patches much smaller, tergite V unmodified (figs. 10–11; Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B)................................................................................... 6

5. Tergite IV with lateral margins of excavation well-delimited by widely forked ridges, with pair of small setiferous patches mesal to ridges, median excavation of tergite V narrow (figs. 12–13)............................... B. chinensis sp. n.

- Tergite IV with lateral margins of excavations defined by indistinct parallel ridges, lacking setiferous patches mesal to ridges, median excavation of tergite V much wider (figs. 14–15).......................................... B. pulcher sp. n.

6. Length more than 2.00; tergite IV with base of excavation bearing filament structure ( Nomura, 2003: 168, fig. 2-B); aedeagus in lateral view with short ventral lobe, dorsal apophysis not split in apical half ( Nomura, 2003: 170, fig. 4-B).................................................................................................... B. satoi (Nomura)

- Length less than 1.75; tergite IV lacking filament structure (figs. 10–11; Löbl, 1974: 92, fig. 1); aedeagus in lateral view with distinctive elongate ventral lobe, dorsal apophysis bifurcate in apical half (fig. 16; Löbl, 1974: 93, fig. 3)... B. auritus (Löbl)

7. Abdominal tergite V with pair of lateral setiferous patches ( Nomura, 1991: 384, fig. 116-A–F; 387, fig. 117-A–B)........................................................................................... B. fragilis species group

- Abdominal tergite V lacking lateral setiferous patches ( Nomura, 1991: 387, fig. 117-C; Kurbatov, 1990: 74, fig, 2-A)..... 8

8 Abdominal tergite V with broad and sparse setae at posteromedian margin; tergite VI with very broad excavation on basomedian portion, apex lacking specialized long setae ( Nomura, 1991: 387, fig. 117-C)........... B. transformis species group

- Abdominal tergite V with much narrower and denser setae at posteromedian margin; tergite VI with excavation also narrow, apex with tuft of specialized long setae ( Kurbatov, 1990: 74, fig, 2-A)...................... B. admonitor species group