A taxonomic revision of the genus Sinotrisus Yin & Li (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Nomura, Shuhei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.205.3362
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.205.3362
1313-2970-205-45
Sinotrisus sinensis Yin & Nomura
sp. n.
Figs 4A, 5
Type material.
Holotype, male, labeled 'Majiagou (3,140 m) / Kangding Xian / [Sichuan, China] / [same locality data in Chinese] / 9.ix.1998 / Toshio Kishimoto leg. // HOLOTYPE [red] /
Sinotrisus sinensis
sp. n. / Yin and Nomura / det. 2012,
NSMT'
.
Diagnosis.
Vertex modified in male. Antennomeres VII elongate. Pronotum with indistinct spines along discal ridges; basolateral foveae punctiform. Mesotibiae with one tiny and another larger apical spur, larger spur shorter than first tarsomeres.
Description.
Male (Fig. 4A). Length 3.20. Head (Fig. 5A) wider than long, HL 0.61, HW 0.66; vertex with foveae in broad median
'∞'
-shaped cavity, cavity densely setose at anterior margin; lacking occipital carinae; postocular margins parallel for short distance beneath eyes, then evenly narrowed toward head base; antennomeres IV (Fig. 5B) slightly shorter than VI, clubs formed by apical three antennomeres,
IX-X
nearly quadrate, XI elongate, narrowed toward apex in apical half. Pronotum slightly longer than wide, PL 0.65, PW 0.62; median longitudinal sulcus slightly widened to form oval antebasal impression, lacking median antebasal fovea; paranotal carinae extending through length of prosternum. Elytra slightly wider than long, EL 1.02, EW 1.17; slightly angulate at humeri. Mesotrochanters (Fig. 5C) with thick, short ventral spine; mesotibiae with apical spur (Fig. 5D) shorter than first tarsomeres; metatrochanters (Fig. 5E) with large elongate ventral projection. Abdomen slightly wider than long, AL 0.92, AW 1.05; sternites
IV-VI
with triangular mediobasal and basolateral ridges successively shorter and thinner. Aedeagus (Figs 5
F-I
) well-sclerotized, length 0.41.
Figure 4. Habitus of
Sinotrisus
. A
Sinotrisus sinensis
B
Sinotrisus vietnamensis
. Scales (mm): 1.0
Figure 5.
Sinotrisus sinensis
A head and pronotum B antenna C mesotrochanter D apex of mesotibia E metatrochanter F aedeagus, in top view G same, in dorsal view H same, in lateral view I same, in ventral view. Scales (mm): A, B = 0.5; C, D, E = 0.1; F, G, H, I = 0.2.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution.
Southwest China: Sichuan.
Host ant.
Formica
sp.
Etymology.
Named after the country where the type locality lies.