Catalogue of Chinese Coleoptera, Volume 3: Staphylinidae

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Language: English

This third volume covers 22 subfamilies, 560 genera and 6126 species (including subspecies) of staphylinid beetles recorded in China up to December 31, 2016. The classification system used here mainly follows the Gubei District Beetle List (Second Edition) published in 2015, combined with new relevant literature published in recent years, and information published by Alfred Newton of the Chicago Museum of Natural History, partially modified. For each family, information is provided on affiliation at the levels of super families, families, subfamilies. For each genus information is given on nomenclatural history, accession numbers in catalogues, original citation literature, distribution information, etc. For each species, information given includes the name of the species, type specimen, accession entries, synonyms,  nomenclatural history, original citation literature, and distribution in China and abroad. References and academic names are separately indexed at the end of the book.

Summary in Chinese:
本书是《中国甲虫名录》系列专著的第三卷，收录了截止2016年12月31日我国已记载的隐翅虫科昆虫共计22亚科、560属、6126种（含亚种）。本卷分类系统主要参考了2015年出版的《古北区甲虫名录（第二版）》，结合近年来发表的很新相关文献以及美国芝加哥自然历史博物馆A.Newton的世界隐翅虫数据库进行了部分修改。不错分类单元给出了科、亚科、超族、族、亚族的名称，属级单元给出了属级名称、模式种及其设立信息、同物异名和同名异物目录及其原始引证文献、分布信息等。种级（含亚种）单元给出了物种的名称、模式产地、模式保存地、同物异名和同名异物目录、学名变动信息、原始引证文献以及靠前外分布情况等。书末附有参考文献和学名索引。是一部较全面反映我国隐翅虫昆虫物种多样性的著作，可供昆虫分类学研究人员、生物多样性保护和生态学工作者以及昆虫爱好者参考。

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