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Nazeris caoi Hu, Jia-Yao, Li-Zhen Li & Yun-long Zhao 2011

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Body length: 6.1–6.4 mm; forebody length: 3.3–3.6 mm. Male. Body (Fig. 2) elongate, dark brown, with labrum, coxae, and basal two antennomeres reddish yellow, the remaining antennomeres, maxillary palpi and legs yellow, with exception for coxae. Head suborbicular, slightly longer than wide (length/width = 1.07); postocular portion 2.14 times as long as eye length; punctation coarse, dense, and umbilicate; interstices reduced to narrow ridges. Antennae slender; relative length of each segment from 1 to 11: 42.0 : 13.5 : 30.0 : 23.0 : 21.0 : 21.0 : 19.0 : 18.0 : 18.0 : 16.0 : 22.0; relative width of each segment from 1 to 11: 10.5 : 7.0 : 6.5 : 6.0 : 5.5 : 6.0 : 5.5 : 5.5 : 6.0 :6.5 : 7.0. Pronotum convex, oval, longer than wide (length/width = 1.19), narrower (pronotum/head = 0.88) and shorter (pronotum/head = 0.98) than head; prosternum withstrong longitudinal median carina, which disappears behind anterior margin. Elytra slightly shorter than wide (length/width = 0.97), distinctly shorter (elytra/pronotum = 0.80) and slightly narrower (elytra/pronotum = 0.97) than pronotum. Abdomen elongate, tergites without any microsculpture; densely and coarsely punctate. Seventh sternite (Fig. 8) distinctly emarginated in middle of posterior margin; 8th sternite (Fig. 9) with little short protrusion in middle, deeply excised in middle of posterior margin. Aedeagus (Figs. 10, 11 and 12) well sclerotized; median lobe bi-lobed in dorsal view, curved ventrad in apical 1/3 in lateral view; dorso-lateral apophyses very thin, slightly curved ventrad, not extending to apices of median lobe. Female. Seventh and 8th sternites simple. The other characters are similar to those of male.
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Jia-Yao Hu, Li-Zhen Li, Yun-long Zhao
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Hu J, Li L, Zhao Y (2011) Notes on the Nazeris fauna of Yunnan Province, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) ZooKeys 84: 13–21
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Jia-Yao Hu
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Li-Zhen Li
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Yun-long Zhao
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