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Male (Fig. 1A). Length 3.52–3.70 mm. Head longer than wide, HL 0.81–0.84 mm, HW 0.68–0.69 mm; eyes each composed of about 50 facets; maxillary palpi as in Fig. 2B; antennae (Fig. 2A) with scapes roundly projecting basolaterally; terminal three antennomeres enlarged. Pronotum longer than wide, PL 0.71–0.73 mm, PW 0.64–0.65 mm, lateral margins nearly parallel, evenly narrowed apically at basal 2/3. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.97–0.99 mm, EW 1.43–1.48 mm. Mesotrochanters, metatrochanters and metafemora lacking spine or projection at ventral margins. Abdomen broad at base and narrowed apically, AL 1.03–1.14 mm, AW 1.38–1.40 mm. Tergite VIII as in Fig. 2C; sternite VIII as in Fig. 2D; sternite IX as in 2E. Aedeagus length 0.83 mm, with elongate median lobe asymmetric (Figs 2F, G). Female. Unknown.
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Yin Z, Li L (2013) Notes on Michael Schülke’s pselaphine collections from China. – Tyrini. II. genus Megatyrus Hlaváč & Nomura (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) ZooKeys 301: 107–112
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Southwest China: Yunnan.
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Yin Z, Li L (2013) Notes on Michael Schülke’s pselaphine collections from China. – Tyrini. II. genus Megatyrus Hlaváč & Nomura (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) ZooKeys 301: 107–112
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Li-Zhen Li
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