A review of the genus Pseudobironium Pic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae)
Author
Löbl, Ivan
Author
Tang, Liang
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2013
2013-12-31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6119135
0035-418X
6119135
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Pseudobironium subglabrum
Löbl, 1990
Pseudobironium subglabrum
Löbl, 1990: 514
.
HOLOTYPE
: Ƌ, MHNG. Type locality:
Thailand
,
Chiang Mai
,
Doi Inthanon
,
1650m
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Thailand
.
COMMENTS: The species remains known by the single
type
. It may be distinguished from the presumably related
P. almoranum
by the reddish-brown body with elytra slightly darkened apically, the elytral punctation fine except near apices, the broader apical process of the median lobe, the curved parameres, and the structures of the internal sac.
Pseudobironium ussuricum
Löbl, 1969
Figs 75-77
Pseudobironium ussuricum
Löbl, 1969: 325
.
HOLOTYPE
: ZMAN. Type locality:
Russia
,
Ussuri
, Vinogradovka.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED:
CHINA
,
Yunnan
,
Xishuangbanna
,
24.I.1993
,
1 ex.
leg.
G. de Rougemont
(
MHNG
)
.
DISTRIBUTION: Far East
Russia
,
China
:
Anhui
,
Yunnan
;
South Korea
.
COMMENTS: This species is unique in having metaventrite and abdominal sternite 1 coarsely punctate laterally. It has short antennae and the body comparatively weekly convex dorsally, and resembles in these two characters
P. sparsepunctatum
,
P. languei
and
P. achardi
. The ultimate segment of the maxillary palpi is however tapering and about 3 times as long as wide, quite distinctive from that in
P. sparsepunctatum
and
P. languei
, while
P. achardi
is distinctive by its smaller size of body and peculiar coloration of the pronotum and elytra. The length ratio of the antennomeres in
P. ussuricum
is as follows: II 10: III 6: IV 8: V 10: VI 7: VII 13: VIII 12: IX 13: X 12: XI 17; antennomere XI about three times as long as wide. The aedeagus (Figs 75-77) is characterized by the very narrow and weakly inflexed tip of the medina lobe (in lateral view) and narrow, straight parameres. The description of
P. ussuricum
was based on specimens from Far East
Russia
. The species was subsequently reported from the Chinese province Anhui (
Löbl, 1984b: 993
) and from
Korea
(
Hoshina & Ahn, 2005: 522
).
FIGS 76-79
(76, 77)
Pseudobironium ussuricum
Löbl
, aedeagus in dorsal (76) and lateral (77) views, scale bar =
0.2 mm
. (78, 79)
Pseudobironium antennatum
sp. nov.
, aedeagus in dorsal view (78), internal sac in dorsal view (79); scale bars for aedeagus =
0.2 mm
, for internal sac =
0.1 mm
.