Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Syndicus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) in China Author Yin, Zi-Wei Author Li, Li-Zhen text Zootaxa 2015 3918 3 415 423 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.5 88d0d7e4-a39b-41f1-965b-4f251efa4529 1175-5326 241219 12F611CA-F498-4350-800E-B68474CC6C69 Syndicus ( Syndicus ) sp. Figs 4 B, 5E–G Material examined. 1 ♀, labeled ‘ China : E. Xizang, Muotuo Hsien (ffiRθ), 96K, 29°35′0.21″N, 95°28′4.76″E, ca. 1410 m , base of a standing rotten tree, 22.vii.2014 , Wen-Xuan BI leg.’. Description. Body ( Fig. 4 B) large sized, BL 3.03 mm ; HL 0.46 mm ; HW 0.68 mm ; AnL 1.85 mm , relative lengths of antennomeres: 0.85: 0.55: 0.9: 1.1: 1.25: 1.2: 1.2: 1.15: 1.15: 1.3: 0.5; PL 0.94 mm ; PWb 0.52 mm ; PWm 0.74 mm ; EL 1.63 mm ; EW 1.17 mm ; EI 1.40. Spermatheca ( Fig. 5 E–G) large, SpD 0.21 mm ; in lateral view subquadrate, with prominent conical extension located on broadly emarginate basal margin. Comments. The measurements of body parts and form of the spermatheca ( Fig. 5 E–G) of this female are similar to those of S . ( s . str .) saketianus Jałoszyński from Myanmar and northern Thailand and S . ( s . str .) himalayanus Franz from southwestern Bhutan and northeastern India . The identification of this specimen cannot be confirmed at present, as it requires discovery of associated males.