Paratesba sabahensis nov.sp. (Figs 6, 21-22, 39-41) H o l o t y p e: Malaysia, Sabah, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama For. Res., Danum Valley Forest Centre, 04° 57.9'N- 117° 48.1'E, 200 mt, XI.2005, 1° Forest, FIT, coll. Mann, Slade & Villanueva, OUMNH-2006-051 (OUMNH). D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 21,5 mm; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra 9,5 mm. Narrow body. Head, pronotum and abdomen blacks; scutellum blak with red elytra; reddish genital segment. Labrum brown. Head with carinae arranged as in Fig. 21. Puntuation medium-sized, deep, larger on the sides; ther are some striolae on the clypeus. Labrum as in Fig. 6. Pronotum much longer and the width of the head; anterior margin as in Fig. 22. Puntuation dense and large at both the anterior and posterior angles; dorsal series of 4-5 spots in front and 3-4 spots behind. Elytra similar in structure and puntuation to that danum but wider. Abdomen with transerse very fine and dense microstriation and with thick subtriangular ... : Published as part of Bordoni, A., 2011, New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. XXIV. Nine new taxa of Paratesba from Danum Valley, Sabah, and dichotomic key of the bornean species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 221 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, pp. 483-499 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1) on pages 486-487, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10101507 ...