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Length 2.02–2.18 mm. Head (Fig. 2A) rectangular; lacking frontal rostrum and frontal fovea, antennal tubercles indistinct; punctiform vertexal foveae nude, shallow U-shaped impression connecting foveae; with 11 antennomeres, clubs formed by apical three antennomeres (Figs 3A, B); lacking ocular-mandibular carinae; eyes rounded, with posteroventral margins shallowly emarginate; maxillary palpi with palpomeres II basally pedunculate, III nearly triangular, IV fusiform; gular foveae (Fig. 2B) in shared opening, linear gular carina slightly indicated.
Pronotum (Fig. 2C) with distinct lateral longitudinal sulci, lacking median longitudinal and antebasal sulci; small lateral antebasal foveae nude, lacking median antebasal fovea and antebasal spines; basolateral foveae absent, replaced by shallow impressions; lateral margins lacking spines. Prothorax (Fig. 2D) lacking paranotal sulci; with lateral procoxal foveae.
Each elytron with three punctiform basal foveae (Figs 3C, D), lacking discal stria; lacking subbasal foveae; sutural stria complete; subhumeral fovea present, with complete marginal stria (Fig. 3E); apicolateral margins broadly emarginate.
Mesoventrite (Fig. 3F) with lateral foveae forked for short distance, anterior fork as wide as median fork, median fovea widely separated, opening into shared transverse cavity; lateral mesocoxal foveae small; small lateral metaventral foveae close; metacoxae moderately separated; metaventrite with median sulcus extending to near apex, apex with narrow slit.
Tergite IV (first visible tergite) longest (Fig. 3I), deeply impressed across base, basolateral foveae in lateral endings of sulcus; lacking marginal carinae; V–VII subequal in length, lacking mediobasal sulcus, with basolateral foveae. Sternite IV (second visible sternite) longest (Fig. 3J), with mediobasal foveae at inner margins of shallow basolateral sulci, two pairs of small basolateral foveae present; sternite IV about twice length of V at midline, V–VII successively shorter, with pair of basolateral foveae.
First two pairs of tarsi with second and third tarsomeres subequal in length, metatarsi with second tarsomeres longer than third ones.
Males with antennae, mesotibiae, and metatrochanters modified. Aedeagus with dorsal lobe largely fused to median lobe, paramere connected with median lobe by membrane.
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- Zi-Wei Yin, Li-Zhen Li
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- Yin Z, Li L (2013) Pengzhongiella daicongchaoi gen. et sp. n., a remarkable myrmecophile (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Batrisitae) from the Gaoligong Mountains ZooKeys 326: 17–26
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- Zi-Wei Yin
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- Li-Zhen Li