Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China Author He, Liang Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-27 4339 1 1 77 journal article 31714 10.11646/zootaxa.4339.1.1 e30650b4-4b5d-4031-8f07-e57668e07101 1175-5326 1037681 F5885D17-F256-4F6B-9D5D-1555637C116C 9. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aenescens Eppelsheim, 1889 (Figs. 9-1, 9-2) Eppelsheim, 1889 : 174 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Goerius ; Type locality: Kan-ssu); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914 : 384 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1933 : 1390 ( Staphylinus ; catalog); Smetana & Davies, 2000 : 47 (species unknown to authors); Herman, 2001 : 3362 ( Ocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004 : 679 ( Ocypus ; incertae sedis; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); Grebennikov, 2006 : 167 (redescription; lectotype designated); Smetana, 2009b : 7( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015 : 1091 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region). Material examined. CHINA : Jilin Province [ New Record ] : Changbai Shan, Baitoudao, 12.VII.1982 , coll. Shubai Liao (IZ-CAS) ; CHINA : Qinghai Province: 4 males , 2 females , Yushu County , Batang , 4200–4500 m , 15.VI.1964 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 2 females , Yushu County , Xiaosumang , 4120 m , 20.VII.1964 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , Nangqian County , Jinisai , 4700–4850 m , 8.VII.1965 , coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZ- CAS ) ; 1 male , Nangqian County , Dongba , Youda , 5000 m , alpine scree, 30.VII.1985 , coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZ- CAS ) ; Sichuan Province : 1 male , Dege County , Manigange , 8.VII.1982 , coll. Yuanqing Chen (IZ-CAS) ; 3 males , Dege County , Manigange , 9.VII.1982 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 7 males , 1 female , Dege County , Manigange , 10.VII.1982 , coll. Xuezhong Zhang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , 1 female , Hongyuan County , 3500 m , 28.VIII.1983 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Garzê, 3400 m , 21.VI.1983 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ- CAS); 1 male, Garzê, Guoliangzi, 3400 m , 21.VI.1983 , coll. Yuanqing Chen (IZ-CAS); 1 male , Kangding County , Liuba , Moda , 3700 m , 7.IX.1982 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , Kangding County , Liuba , Moda , 3700 m , 8.IX.1982 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , 1 female , Luhuo County , 3.VII.1999 , coll. Guodong Ren etc. (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , Songlinkou Region , 3900 m , 12.VII.1986 , coll. Chunlai Niu (IZ-CAS) ; Xizang Province : 1 male , Leiwuqi , 3750 m , 17.VIII.1976 , coll. Xuezhong Zhang (IZ-CAS). FIGURE 9-1. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aenescens : A. habitus of species (2.0 mm); B. aedeagus, lateral view; (0.5 mm); C. aedeagus, ventral view (0.5 mm); D. underside of apical portion of paramere (0.5 mm); E. second gonocoxite of female genital segment (0.5 mm). Scale in parentheses. FIGURE 9-2. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) aenescens : A. male tergite 10; B and D. aedeagus, lateral view; C. aedeagus, ventral view; E. female tergite 10; F. apical portion of median lobe, ventral view, paramere removed; G. underside of apical portion of paramere; H. male sternite 9; I. second gonocoxite of female genital segment; J. male sternite 8. Scale bars = 0.50 mm. Measurements. Body length: 12.2–14.8 mm . CL: 0.62; EL: 2.18; ELS: 1.11; EW: 2.82; HL: 1.98; HW: 2.32; PO: 0.74; PL: 2.79; PW: 2.68. Distribution. Before this study Ocypus aenescens was known from the provinces of Gansu , Qinghai , Sichuan , Xinjiang and Xizang . This species is recorded from Jilin Province for the first time and this locality is also the northernmost distribution record of Ocypus aenescens at present.