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Male (Fig. 1A). BL 2.02–2.07 mm. Body reddish brown, maxillary palpi, tibiae, and tarsi lighter in color. Head, pronotum and elytra covered with fine setae. Head (Fig. 2A) as long as wide, HL 0.40–0.42 mm, HW 0.42–0.44 mm; vertex flat, vertexal foveae at level of posterior margins of eyes, connected by weakly indicated U-shaped impression; eyes moderately developed, each composed of about 40 facets; antennae greatly elongate, antennomeres X–XI (Fig. 3A) modified, XI longest, markedly concave basally. Pronotum (Fig. 2C) as long as wide, PL 0.46–0.47 mm, PW 0.47–0.48 mm; shallowly punctate; with rounded lateral margins; narrowed at base. Elytra (Fig. 3C) slightly wider than long, EL 0.66–0.67 mm, EW 0.71–0.72 mm; with rounded lateral margins. Metathoracic wings fully developed. Protibiae thickened (Fig. 1A); mesotibiae (Fig. 3G) bear tiny preapical tubercle; metatrochanters (Fig. 3H) greatly projecting at ventral margins. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.50–0.51 mm, AW 0.64–0.65 mm, rounded at posterior margin. Aedeagus (Figs 3K–M) asymmetric, length 0.32 mm; basal bulb with large foramen; median lobe flattened dorso-ventrally; paramere weakly sclerotized.
Female (Fig. 1B). Similar to male in general. Measurements: BL 2.13–2.18 mm, HL 0.43–0.44 mm, PL 0.50–0.51 mm, PW 0.50–0.51 mm, EL 0.69–0.71 mm, EW 0.76–0.79 mm, AL 0.51–0.52 mm, AW 0.69–0.74 mm. Each eye composed of about 32 facets. Antennae simple. Metathoracic wings fully developed. Legs with protibiae narrower than those in male; mesotibiae lacking tubercle; metatrochanters simple. Width of genital complex 0.22 mm, slightly sclerotized, transverse.
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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