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A new distinctive species of the rare Oriental goniacerine genus Awas Löbl, A. gigas sp. n., is described and illustrated, based on three males and fourteen females taken at the Daoyao Shan Natural Reserve in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. All specimens were collected from colonies of the ant genus Pachycondyla F. Smith nesting in decomposing woods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pella maoershanensis Song & Li, sp. n., collected from a colony of Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus in Maoershan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, is diagnosed, described and illustrated. The discovery represents the first record of the genus in South China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Five new tyrine species belonging to two genera from Guangxi, South China are described, illustrated and compared with allied species: Labomimus maoershanus Yin & Li, sp. nov., Labomimus quadratithorax Yin & Li, sp. nov., Linan fortunatus Yin & Li, sp. nov., Linan huapingensis Yin & Li, sp. nov., and Linan hujiayaoi Yin & Li, sp. nov. A revised key to Linan is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dayao pengzhongi gen. et sp. n. is described and illustrated based on the material collected in Guangxi Province, South China. The genus is placed in the oriental 'Pselaphodes complex' of genera of the subtribe Tyrina and its taxonomic placement is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]