Review of Chinese species of the genus Thoracostrongylus Bernhauer, 1915 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) Author Xia, Mei-Hua College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 Author Tang, Liang College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 staphylinidae@shnu.edu.cn Author Schillhammer, Harald st text ZooKeys 2022 2022-11-22 1131 99 134 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.95038 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.95038 1313-2970-1131-99 EE89E8CF4B764FBC821A79BC51D28D67 1ACF6E07EE8A54DB9906143C0532304D Thoracostrongylus birmanus (Fauvel, 1895) Figs 33-39 , 110 缅甸钝胸隐翅虫 Leistotrophus birmanus Fauvel, 1895: 246. Ontholestes birmanus : Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 392. Thoracostrongylus birmanus : Cameron, 1932: 214; Yang et al. 2011 : 422. Material examined. China - Yunnan Prov. • 1♂ ; Xishuangbanna , Nabanhe N.R. ; 18 June 2009 ; Ling-Zeng Meng leg.; SHNU • 1♂ ; Nabanhe N.R. , Manfei ; 22°09'30.5"N , 100°41'29.1"E ; alt. 620 m ; 18 November 2008 ; Hu & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♂ , 1♀ ; Nabanhe Conv. , Manfei ; 10 January 2004 ; Li & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♂ , 1♀ ; Nabanhe Conv. , Manfei ; 09 January 2004 ; Li & Tang leg.; SHNU • 1♀ ; Mengla County , Menglun Town ; alt. 550 m ; 26 April 2014 ; Jian-Yue Qiu leg.; SHNU • 2♂♂ ; Baoshan City , Baihualing ; 25°17'39"N , 98°48'09"E ; alt. 1350-1450 m ; 19 April 2013 ; Song , Peng & Dai leg.; SHNU • 1♂ , 1♀ ; Xishuangbanna , Jinghong City ; 22°02'19"N , 100°55'23"E ; alt. 1000-1080 m ; 29 November 2016 ; Jiang , Liu , Huang & Liu leg.; SHNU • 1♂ ; Lincang , Shuibatou Village ; 24°38'16"N , 100°29'17"E ; alt. 1281 m ; 20 June 2019 ; Zi-Chun Xiong leg.; SHNU • 1♀ ; Baoshan , Longyang baihualing; 25°20'35"N , 98°49'01"E ; alt. 1400-1900 m ; 20-23 June 2020 ; Lu Qiu leg.; SHNU . - Hainan Prov. • 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ ; Ledong County , Jianfengling , Mingfenggu ; 18°44'43"N , 108°50'20"E ; alt. 956-1048 m ; 20-21 April 2018 ; Ri-Xin Jiang leg.; SHNU • 1♂ , 1♀ ; Wuzhishan City , Mt. Wuzhishan ; 18°54'N , 109°41'E ; alt. 650-700 m ; 20 April 2012 ; Peng & Dai leg.; SHNU • 1♂ ; Ledong County , Jianfengling ; alt. 950 m ; 15 April 2010 ; Jian-Qing Zhu leg.; SHNU • 2♀♀ ; Ledong County , Jianfengling N.R. ; alt. 910 m ; 15 April 2010 ; Ting Feng leg.; SHNU • 1♂ ; Wuzhishan Mt. , Guanshandian ; 18°53'N , 109°41'E ; alt. 650 m ; 19 April 2012 ; Pan & Li leg.; SHNU • 1♀ ; Changjiang County , Bawangling ; alt. 1000 m ; 14 November 2006 ; Li-Zhen Li leg.; SHNU • 1♀ ; Baoshan County , Maoganxiang ; 14 April 2015 ; Lu Qiu leg.; SHNU • 1♀ ; Qiongzhong County , Limu Mt., N.R. ; 19°10'04"N , 109°44'45"E ; alt. 625 m ; 29 January 2015 ; Peng , Yin , Tu , Song , Shen , Zhou , Yan & Wang leg.; SHNU . Figures 33-39. Thoracostrongylus birmanus 33, 34 habitus 35-38 aedeagus, ventral ( 35, 36 ) and lateral ( 37, 38 ) views 39 male abdominal sternite VIII. Scale bars: 1 mm ( 33, 34 ); 0.2 mm ( 35-39 ). Measurements. Male : BL: 6.8-9.1 mm, FL: 4.4-5.2 mm. HL: 1.33-1.50 mm, HW: 1.78-2.06 mm, CL: 0.89-1.00 mm, PO: 0.28 mm, PL: 1.56-1.78 mm, PW: 1.39-1.61 mm, EL: 1.83-2.17 mm, EW: 1.95-2.22 mm. HL/HW: 0.70-0.75, CL/PO: 3.20-3.60, PL/PW: 1.10-1.19, EL/EW: 0.92-0.98, HW/EW: 0.90-0.93, PW/EW: 0.68-0.74, HW/PW: 1.24-1.37. Female : BL: 7.5-10.8 mm, FL: 4.8-5.8 mm. HL: 1.39-1.67 mm, HW: 1.89-2.22 mm, CL: 0.95-1.11 mm, PO: 0.22-0.28 mm, PL: 1.72-2.00 mm, PW: 1.50-1.67 mm, EL: 1.95-2.39 mm, EW: 2.11-2.45 mm. HL/HW: 0.72-0.75, CL/PO: 3.40-4.50, PL/PW: 1.15-1.21, EL/EW: 0.92-0.98, HW/EW: 0.84-0.91, PW/EW: 0.66-0.71, HW/PW: 1.24-1.33. Diagnosis. The species may be easily recognized by the combination of following characters: abdominal sternites with longer and denser pubescence, male sternite VIII (Fig. 39 ) with deep medio-apical emargination, and male sternite VII slightly emarginate medio-apically. Distribution. China (Yunnan, Hainan), India, and Myanmar.