Taxonomic notes on the genus Bellenden Chandler (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Jiang, Ri-Xin
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.638.10958
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.638.10958
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Bellenden
jingyuanensis (Yin & Nomura)
comb. n.
Fig. 1D
Buobellenden jingyuanensis
Yin & Nomura, 2009 (in:
Yin et al. 2009
: 66).
Type locality.
Dongshanpo, Liupanshan National Nature Reserve, Jingyuan County, northwestern China.
Type material examined.
Holotype ♂, labeled 'China: Ningxia A. R., Jingyuan Coun. (泾源县), (Liupanshan National Nature Reserve (六盘山自然保护区)), Dongshanpo (东山坡), alt. 2,200 m, 23.vi.2008, (Berlese Funnels), Yun Bu leg.' (SNUC).
Comments.
This species can be separated from all congeners by the following combination of characters: 1) relative small body size (1.89 mm), 2) lateral margins of the frontal rostrum narrowing anteriorly, and roundly dilating laterally at the antennal bases, 3) unmodified protrochanter and metaventrite, and 4) unique structures of the aedeagal endophallus (Fig. 1D).
Figure 1.
Bellenden siguniang
(
A-C
) and
Bellenden jingyuanensis
(D). A male habitus B head and right maxillary palpus (yellow arrows indicate anterolateral margin of the frontal rostrum; red arrows indicate segmentation of the maxillary palpus)
C-D
aedeagus, in dorsal view. Abbreviation: mp1-4 = maxillary palpomeres
I-IV
. Scales bars A 0.5 mm; B 0.3 mm;
C-D
0.2 mm.