Revised status, additional records, and a second species of the genus Chenzhilinus Yin & Zhou, 2024, stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

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The status of a recently established genus is revised, a new combination is made and a second species is described from Chongqing. Both accepted species and the reported Chinese locality are represented.

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Year: 2026
Journal: Zootaxa
Volume: 5757
Issue: 3
Pages / article: 271–278
Publication date: 5 February 2026
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.3.4
Publisher: Official publisher page
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815
Tribe: Stenichnini Ganglbauer, 1898
Genus: Chenzhilinus Yin & Zhou, 2024
Species: Chenzhilinus huapingensis (Yin & Zhou, 2024), Chenzhilinus yintiaolingensis Yin & Zhou, 2026

Country: China

Reported locality: Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China

Work type: taxonomic revision, new combination, new species, distribution

Keywords: Coleoptera, ant-like stone beetle, Stenichnini, taxonomy, distribution, Chongqing, China