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Body (Fig. 1A) shining, smooth. Coloration: fore body and legs yellowish-brown; antennae yellowish-brown to brown; abdomen yellowish-brown, with mesal area of tergites brown.
Head (Fig. 1A) subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, about 0.89 times as wide as long; sparsely covered with long setae. Pronotum (Fig. 1A) slightly wider than long, about 1.05 times as wide as long; with 7 pairs of macrosetae, with a row of 4 macrosetae along the anterior margin, 6 on disc and 2 each along the lateral margins. Elytra (Fig. 1A) wider than long; disc sparsely covered with macrosetae; hypomera with several long yellow setae along lateral margin. Abdomen slightly physogastric, widest at segments III–V; abdominal tergite VII shaped as in Figs 1B–C, sparsely covered with long yellow setae, posterior margin with a row of 8 very short setae; tergite VIII (Figs 1D–E) with 5 pairs of macrosetae. Macrochaetotaxy of abdominal tergites II–VIII: 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 1–2 (short), 10; inner paratergites without macrosetae but sparsely covered with yellow setae; macrochaetotaxy of outer paratergites III–VII variable: 6–7, 5–7, 4–5, 2–3, 1.
Male. Sternite VIII almost truncate at apex, shaped as in Fig. 1F; with 5 pairs of macrosetae. Median lobe of aedeagus (Fig. 2A) with apical lobe distinctly curved; paramere shaped as in Fig. 2B.
Female. Sternite VIII slightly emarginate at apex, shaped as in Fig. 1G; with 5 pairs of macrosetae. Spermatheca shaped as in Fig. 2C.
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- Xiao-Bin Song, Li-Zhen Li
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- Song X, Li L (2014) Descriptions of three new species of the Termitophilous tribe Termitopaediini in China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) ZooKeys 424: 91–100
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- Xiao-Bin Song
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- Li-Zhen Li