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 7. Protocypus wrasei Smetana, 2005 (Fig. 7-1, 7-2) Smetana, 2005 : 280 ( Protocypus ; Type locality: China, S-Shaanxi, Daba Shan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015 : 1100 ( Protocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region). Material examined. CHINA : Shaanxi Province: 1 female , Ankang , west of Zhenping County , 1645 m , mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu & Jie Wu (IZ-CAS) ; 4 males , 1 female , Ankang , west of Zhenping County , 1950 m , forest-grassland ecotone, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu & Jie Wu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males , 3 females , Ankang , Baxianzhen , Ganjiaping , 1975 m , coniferous forest, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 21 males , 10 females , Ankang , Baxianzhen , Ganjiaping , 1980–2015 m , Pinus tabulaeformis forest, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu & Jie Wu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males , 1 female , Ankang , Baxianzhen , Ganjiaping , 2020 m , mixed broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males , 1 female , Ankang , Baxianzhen , Ganjiaping , 2020 m , mixed broadleaf-conifer forest, pitfall traps , 9–13.VIII.2002 , coll. Jie Wu (IZ-CAS). Measurements. Body length: 19.4–24.7 mm .CL: 0.79; EL: 2.90; ELS: 1.29; EW: 3.84; HL: 2.96; HW: 3.65; PO: 1.42; PL: 3.68; PW: 3.50. Distribution. Protocypus Wrasei is at present known from Shaanxi Province .