Nazeris, Fauvel, 1873

Hu, Jia-Yao & Pan, Zhao-Hui, 2018, New data of Nazeris Fauvel in Xizang, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), Zootaxa 4531 (1), pp. 147-150 : 149

Key to Nazeris species from Xizang

1 Head with non-umbilicate punctation ( Hu et al. 2016: 476, Fig. 9) .................................................. N. zhujianqingi Hu & Li, 2016

- Head with umbilicate punctation....................................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Punctation of pronotum partly confluent ( Hu et al. 2016: 475, Fig. 4 ); abdomen with rather fine microsculpture ........................... .............................................................................................................................................................. N. xizangensis Hu & Li, 2016

- Punctation of pronotum not confluent; abdomen lacking microsculpture ........................................................................................ 3

3 Male sternite VII with posterior margin prominent at middle .......................................................................................................... 4

- Male sternite VII with posterior margin excised at middle............................................................................................................... 5

4 Ventral process of aedeagus with V-shaped excision at apex in ventral view ( Hu et al. 2008: 91, Fig. 5 )......................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... N. motuensis Hu, Li & Zhao, 2008

- Ventral process of aedeagus with very narrow excision at apex in ventral view ( Hu et al. 2016: 477, Fig. 18) ................................ .............................................................................................................................................................. N. biwenxuani Hu & Li, 2016

5 Male sternite VII with wide and shallow posterior excision at middle ( Hu et al. 2008: 92, Fig. 8); dorso-lateral apophyses of aedeagus curved inward in ventral view ( Hu et al. 2008: 92, Fig. 10) ................................................. N. tangi Hu, Li & Zhao, 2008

- Male sternite VII with narrow and deep posterior excision at middle ( Fig. 3 ); dorso-lateral apophyses of aedeagus nearly straight in ventral view ( Fig. 5 ) ............................................................................................................................................ N. zhifeii sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Nazeris zhifeii 1–habitus; 2–abdomen, in ventral view; 3–male sternite VII; 4–male sternite VIII; 5–aedeagus, in ventral view; 6–aedeagus, in lateral view. Scale bars: 1–2: 1 mm, 3–6: 0.5 mm.