Nototorchusnom. nov. andParatorchusnom. nov., replacement names forNototrochusMcColl, 1982 andParatrochusMcColl, 1982 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)

Chemical Warfare in SE Asia and Afghan Nov 1982.p65

Epistemicism, Parasites and Vague Names Nov 8

John Burgess has recently argued that Timothy Williamson’s attempts to avoid the objection that his theory of vagueness is based on an untenable metaphysics of content are unsuccessful. Burgess’s arguments are important, and largely correct, but there is a mistake in the discussion of one of the key examples. In this note I provide some alternative examples and use them to repair the mistaken s...

A new species of the genus Thoracochirus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) from Yunnan, China.

Thoracochirus yunxianius sp. nov. is described from Yunnan, China. Color images of the habitus and aedeagus of the new species are included. A key to the genus Thoracochirus of mainland China species is provided.

Taxonomy of the genus Osorius Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) from China.

This paper studies the taxonomy of the genus Osorius Guérin-Méneville, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) and reports 10 new species and three new records from China: Osorius depressicapitatus sp. nov. (Yunnan and Xizang), O. guizhouensis sp. nov. (Guizhou), O. huangi sp. nov. (Hunan), O. limatidepressus sp. nov. (Sichuan), O. micromidas sp. nov. (Yunnan), O. minutoserratus sp. nov. (Y...

A new species of the subgenus Stigmatochirus of Plastus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) from Yunnan, China.

Plastus (Stigmatochirus) menglaius sp. nov. is described from Yunnan, China. Color images of the habitus and aedeagu of the new species are included. A key to the subgenus Stigmatochirus of World species is provided.