Taxonomic study on Sathytes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
Author
Zhao, Mei-Jun
text
Journal of Natural History
2012
2012-04-30
46
13 - 14
831
857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
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Sathytes yunnanicus
Yin and Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figures 3O
,
6C,J
,
7O
,
8O
)
Type material
Holotype
.
Male
, labelled ‘
CHINA
:
Yunnan Prov.
/
Gongshan County
/
Qiqi
, alt.
1900 m
/
2 July 2010
/
Liang TANG leg.’.
Description
Male.
Body reddish brown, mouthparts and tarsi lighter; BL 2.12. Head (
Figure 3O
) slightly wider than long, HL 0.43, HW 0.47. Vertexal foveae quite indistinct, anterior edge of foveae at level of posterior margin of eyes; LE: LP = 1: 1. Eyes moderately developed, each comprises about 20 facets. Antennae with scapes thick and large; pedicels larger than antennomeres III, IV–VI subequal in width, VII–VIII subequal in width, slightly wider than VI, IX–XI (
Figure 6C
) strongly clubbed; semi-membranous apophysis on antennomere IX as in
Figure 7O
; antennomere X much wider than long, XI (
Figure 6J
) with single truncate basal protuberance covered with tuft of long setae and with indistinct semi-sclerotized swelling at posterior margin of protuberance.
Pronotum about as long as wide, PL 0.48, PW 0.46. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.65, EW 0.80. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.56, AW 0.71; tergite IV 3.7 times as long as next. Length of aedeagus (
Figure 8O
) 0.13.
Female.
Unknown.
Habitat and distribution
Sifted from the mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest. Southwest
China
(
Yunnan
).
Etymology
The species is named after its
type
locality.
Remarks
Sathytes yunnanicus
resembles
S
.
cristatus
in most external characters, and also shares a similar aedeagal form, as discussed above. They may be readily separated by the semimembranous apophysis of antennomere IX being slightly longer and the posterior margins of the basal protuberance of antennomere XI with a minute semi-sclerotized swelling in
S
.
yunnanicus
.