Notes on the Dianous aereus complex with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Tang, Liang
Author
Hu, Cheng-Zhi
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.10
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Dianous ruginosus
Zheng, 1993
(
Figs. 3
, 9, 15, 25, 31)
Dianous ruginosus
Zheng, 1993
: 204
.
Material examined.
CHINA
:
Sichuan
:
10♂♂
,
Emeishan
,
Xianfeng Temple
,
29°33′N
,
103°21′E
, alt.
1500–1700 m
, 25.IIV.2012,
Peng
,
Dai
&
Yin
leg. (SHNU).
Measurements.
BL:
4.7–4.8 mm
, FL:
2.4–2.6 mm
. HW:
0.92–0.96 mm
, PL:
0.78–0.82 mm
, PW:
0.78–0.81 mm
, EL:
1.12–1.16 mm
, EW:
1.09–1.16 mm
, SL:
0.93–0.98 mm
. Head 0.83–0.86 times as wide as elytra, pronotum 1.00–1.01 times as long as wide, elytra 1.00–1.06 times as long as wide.
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
).
Remarks.
The species is now only known from Emeishan where an extremely similar species,
Dianous aerator
Puthz, 2016
, also occurs in the same habitat. In original description, Zheng didn’t indicate whether his figures were based on
holotype
or not. Thus, examining the
holotype
of the species will be necessary to clarify the status of these two species.