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 6. Protocypus pilifer Smetana, 2005 (Fig. 6-1, 6-2) Smetana, 2005 : 291 ( Protocypus ; Type locality: China, W-Hubei, Xing Shan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015 : 1100 ( Protocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region). Material examined. CHINA : Hubei Province: 28 males , 33 females , Shennongjia , Guanmen Shan , 1400–1500 m , pitfall traps , 23–30.VII.1998 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 34 males , 52 females , Shennongjia , Guanmen Shan , 1440–1460 m , pitfall traps , 30.VII–11.VIII.1998 , coll. Haisheng Zhou & Junjian He (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males , 6 females , Shennongjia , Guanmen Shan , 1550m , Japanese cedar forest, pitfall traps , 3–6.VIII.2002 , coll. Xiaodong Yu & Jie Wu (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males , 2 females , Shennongjia , Dalongtan , 2180 m , pitfall traps , 24.VII–8.VIII.1998 , coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS) ; 6 males , 5 females , Shennongjia , Jiuhuping , Chegou , 1870 m , pitfall traps , 27.VII–10.VIII.1998 , coll. Junjian He (IZ-CAS). Measurements. Body length: 19.5–25.8 mm . CL: 0.81; EL: 3.24; ELS: 1.45; EW: 4.29; HL: 3.27; HW: 4.09; PO: 1.76; PL: 4.00; PW: 3.89. Distribution. Protocypus pilifer is at present known from Hubei and Shaanxi .