Oxyporus Fabricius 1775
Creators: name: Li, Guo-Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Oxyporus

description: Key to the Oxyporus species of Yunnan Province
1 Body entirely black; male unkown; known from China (Yunnan)................................. O. femoratus Zheng
- Body bicolored....................................................................................... 2
2 Head black to brownish black………………................................................................ 3
- Head yellow to reddish yellow.......................................................................... 11
3 Maximum length more than 9 mm ........................................................................ 4
- Maximum length less than 9 mm ......................................................................... 7
4 Pronotal disc without transverse depression; right and left paramere with 1 minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan), South Korea, Japan ...................................................................... O. germanus Sharp
- Pronotal disc with 1 deep, transverse depression located just before middle............................... …………5
5 Pronotal disc bearing 2 small irregular reddish yellow spots; right and left paramere without minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan).................................................................... ………… O. fentianae Li
- Pronotal disc without reddish yellow spots..................................................................6
6 Posterior margins of sternites 7 slightly and broadly emarginated at middle but posterior margins of sternites 8 strongly and broadly emarginated at middle; right and left paramere without minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)................................................................................................... O. wangae Li
- Posterior margins of sternites 7–8 very slightly and broadly emarginated at middle; right and left paramere with two minute setae at apex; known from China (Yunnan)......................................... O. mojiangius Li, sp. n. nov. Li
7 Abdomen brownish yellow, with two longitudinal black fasciae on tergites 3–7; male unkown; known from China (Yunnan)……............................................................................ O. bifasciarius Zheng
- Abdomen without longitudinal black fasciae................................................................ 8
8 Abdominal tergites 3–4 or 3–5 yellow to reddish yellow; right and left paramere with 1 minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)............................................................................... O. riparius Zheng
- Abdominal tergites 3–4 or 3–5 black...................................................................... 9
9 Elytra with black area in basal part of suture; pronotal disc bearing 2 vague longitudinal depressions in middle just behind the transverse depression; right and left paramere without minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)........................................................................................... O. transversesulcatus Bernhauer
- Elytra without black area in basal part of suture............................................................ 10
10 Pronotal disc without transverse depression; right and left paramere without minute seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)...................................................................................... O. tuantianius Li
- Pronotal disc with one transverse depression located just before middle; the right paramere with 1 minute seta and the left paramere without seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)...................................... O. kunmingius Li
11 Abdomen orange yellow, with two longitudinal black fasciae on tergites 3–7; male unkown; known from China (Yunnan)........................................................................................... O. ningerius Li
- Abdomen without longitudinal black fasciae............................................................... 12
12 Abdominal segments 3–5 black; right and left paramere with 2 minute setae different in size at apex; known from China (Yunnan).................................................................................... O. yulong Zheng
- Abdominal segments 3–5 brownish yellow to reddish yellow.................................................. 13
13 Posterior portion of gula and metasternum brownish yellow; left paramere with 1 minute seta and right paramere with 1 slightly longer seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)................................................... O. lii Zheng
- Posterior portion of gula and metasternum reddish yellow.................................................... 14
14 Pronotal anterior without macula, disc with 2 deep, transverse depressions before middle; right paramere with 1 minute seta and left paramere with 1 slightly longer seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan)........................... O. puerius Li
- Pronotal anterior 1/2 bearing a black small subquadrate macula, disc with 1 deep, transverse depression before middle; the left paramere with 1 minute seta and the right paramere without seta at apex; known from China (Yunnan).... O. bingshengae Li
description: Published as part of Li, Guo-Feng, 2020, A new species of the genus Oxyporus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Oxyporinae) in Yunnan Province, China, pp. 145-150 in Zootaxa 4786 (1) on pages 148-149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3864956