Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China Author He, Liang Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang text Zootaxa 2017 4291 3 458 480 journal article 32789 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.2 ffc831a0-51a8-4aac-ab00-55297fc91dd9 1175-5326 827606 887FBB09-E370-4F46-837F-5E7F24F4CE42 3. Protocypus fulvotomentosus ( Eppelsheim, 1889 ) (Fig. 3-1, 3-2) Eppelsheim, 1889 : 172 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Goerius ; Type locality: Kan-ssu); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914 : 386 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); J. Müller, 1923 : 196 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Protocypus ); Scheerpeltz, 1933 : 1393 ( Staphylinus ; synonym of dorsalis ); J. Müller, 1943 : 97 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Protocypus ; valid species; characters); Smetana & Davies, 2000 : 33, 44 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; lectotype designation); Herman, 2001 : 3378 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004 : 677 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Smetana, 2005 : 273 ( Protocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015 : 1099 ( Protocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region). Syn.: Staphylinus hauseri Bernhauer, 1933 ( Type locality: Kalgan, Inn-shan, 980–2100 m ); Smetana & Davies, 2000 : 33, 44 (synonym of fulvotomentosus ). Material examined. CHINA : Beijing : 6 males , 3 females , Dongling Shan , 1820–1935 m , natural birch forest, 1100 m , pitfall traps , 15–18.VII.2011 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 10 males , 6 females , Dongling Shan , 1225 m , mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps , 11–14.VIII.2011 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 15 males , 7 females , Mentougou , Xiaolongmen , 1800 m , pitfall traps , 7.VIII.1993 , coll. Hongzhang Zhou (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males , south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm , 1225 m , mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps , 18–21.VII.1999 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 7 males , 2 females , south of Xiaolongmen Forest Farm , 1225 m , oak forest, pitfall traps , 18–21.VII.1999 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); Ningxia Province (New Record) : 1 female , Liupanshan , Dongshanpo Forest Farm , 2100 m , individually collected, 5.VII.2008 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao ( IZ- CAS ) ; 13 males , 5 females , Liupanshan , Dongshanpo Forest Farm , 2100 m , broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps , 7.VII.2008 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 9 males , 6 females , Liupanshan , Hongxia Forest Farm , 2100 m , forest, pitfall traps , 29.VI.2008 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males , Liupanshan , Hongxia Forest Farm , 2100 m , individually collected under stone, 28.VI.29 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 5 males , 3 females , Liupanshan , Heshangpu Forest Farm , 2100 m , coniferous forest, pitfall traps , 5.VII.2008 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS) ; 8 males , 5 females , Liupanshan , Qiuqianjia Forest Farm , 2100 m , coniferous forest, pitfall traps , 13.VII.2008 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Zhongyi Zhao (IZ-CAS); Shanxi Province (New Record) : 3 males , 1 female , Pangquangou Nature Reserve , Dashagou , 1800 m , spruce forest, 5.VII.2004 , coll. Caiyun Zhao (IZ-CAS). FIGURE 3-1. Protocypus fulvotomentosus : A. habitus of species (2.0 mm); B. aedeagus, lateral view; (0.5 mm); C. aedeagus, ventral view (0.5 mm); D. underside of apical portion of paramere (0.5 mm); E. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (0.5mm). (Scale in parentheses). FIGURE 3-2. Protocypus fulvotomentosus : A. male tergite 10; B and D. aedeagus, lateral view; C. aedeagus, ventral view; E. female tergite 10; F. apical portion of median lobe, ventral view, paramere removed; G. underside of apical portion of paramere; H. male sternite 9; I. second gonocoxite of female genital segment; J. male sternite 8 (Scale bars = 0.50 mm). Measurements. Body length: 22.4–23.8 mm . CL: 0.75; EL: 3.22; ELS: 1.39; EW: 4.07; HL: 3.00; HW: 3.57; PO: 1.43; PL: 4.01; PW: 3.76. Distribution. Protocypus fulvotomentosus is at present known from Beijing , Gansu , Hebei , Ningxia and Shanxi .