Notes on the Dianous aereus complex with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Author
Tang, Liang
Author
Hu, Cheng-Zhi
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-09
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4
573
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.10
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Dianous rougemontianus
Puthz, 2000
(
Figs. 2
, 8, 14, 24, 30)
Dianous vietnamensis
; Zheng, 1994: 479 (misidentification).
Dianous rougemontianus
Puthz, 2000
: 450
.
Material examined.
CHINA
:
Sichuan
:
1♂
,
Emeishan
,
Xianfeng Temple
,
29°33′N
,
103°21′E
, alt.
1500–1700 m
, 25.IIV.2012,
Peng
,
Dai
&
Yin
leg. (SHNU);
1♂
3♀♀
,
Emeishan
,
Hongchunping
,
29°33′N
,
103°22′E
, alt.
1100 m
, 27.IIV.2012,
Peng
,
Dai
&
Yin
leg. (
SHNU
)
;
2♂♂
2♀♀
,
Jiulong County
,
Hongba
, alt.
1700m
,
8.VIII.2005
,
Yi
leg. (
SHNU
)
;
Hubei
:
2♂♂
3♀♀
,
Wufeng County
,
Houhe
N. R.,
30°05′09′′N
,
110°33′05′′E
, alt.
1160 m
,
6.VII.2013
,
Dai
,
Peng
&
Xie
leg. (
SHNU
)
.
Measurements.
BL:
5.1–5.5 mm
, FL:
2.6–2.9 mm
. HW:
0.98–1.08 mm
, PL:
0.85–0.90mm
, PW:
0.83–0.87 mm
, EL:
1.17–1.26 mm
, EW:
1.18–1.23 mm
, SL:
0.98–1.07 mm
. Head 0.83–0.90 times as wide as elytra, pronotum 1.00–1.05 times as long as wide, elytra 0.98–1.04 times as long as wide.
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
,
Hubei
).
Remarks.
The species is very similar to
Dianous ruginosus
Zheng, 1993
and
D. aerator
Puthz, 2016
, all of them can be collected from Emeishan, but it can be distinguished from latter two species by larger size, slightly longer antennae and longer legs. The species is new to
Hubei
.