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 21. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) picipennis ( Fabricius, 1793 ) (Figs. 21-1, 21-2) Fabricius, 1793 : 521 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Germania ); Ganglbauer, 1895 : 433 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; characters; Palaearctic region); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914 : 389 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Ocypus ; catalog); J. Müller, 1926a : 20 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; characters; notes); Bernhauer, 1934 : 5 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; China ); J. Müller, 1943 : 103 ( Staphylinus ; characters; notes); Smetana & Davies, 2000 : 44 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ); Herman, 2001 : 27 ( Ocypus ; prevailing use as valid maintained pending outcome of application to Commission under Article 23.9.3); Herman, 2001 : 3405 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog); Smetana, 2004 : 678 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region); International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2004:194 (Placed on Official List, with precedence over Staphylinus picipennis Fabricius ); Smetana, 2009b : 3 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; redescription); Schülke & Smetana, 2015 : 1093 ( Ocypus ; subgenus Pseudocypus ; Catalog of Palaearctic Region). Subspecies and Synonyms: Staphylinus picipennis barbarus J. Müller, 1926 Pseudocypus marocanus Coiffait, 1964 Staphylinus picipennis caucasicus J. Müller, 1926 Staphylinus picipennis fallaciosus J. Müller, 1926 Ocypus maritimus Coiffait, 1956 Staphylinus picipennis nevadensis J. Müller, 1926 Ocypus asturicus Coiffait, 1956 Ocypus cerdanicus Coiffait, 1956 Ocypus gallicus Coiffait, 1956 Ocypus rufoasturicus Coiffait, 1956 Ocypus rufocerdanicus Coiffait, 1956 Ocypus rufogallicus Coiffait, 1956 Pseudocypus teruelensis Coiffait, 1976 Staphylinus picipennis picipennis Fabricius, 1792 Staphylinus abbruzzensis J. Müller, 1926 Staphylinus altaiensis J. Müller, 1926 Pseudocypus anatolicus Coiffait, 1964 Pseudocypus andorranus Coiffait, 1964 Staphylinus aprutianus J. Müller, 1926 Pseudocypus bulgaricus Coiffait, 1970 Staphylinus graecus Scheerpeltz, 1958 Staphylinus hercegovinensis J. Müller, 1932 Staphylinus leucophthalmus Marsham, 1802 Staphylinus penetrans O. Müller, 1776 Pseudocypus pindensis Coiffait, 1964 Pseudocypus ponticus Coiffait, 1978 [homonym, preoccupied by ponticus Smetana, 1968 ] Pseudocypus rodopensis Coiffait, 1971 Staphylinus sericeus Marsham, 1802 Staphylinus tristis Fabricius, 1792 Material examined. CHINA : Xinjiang Province: 3 males , 1 female , Altai Region , Xichahe , 2050 m , 31.VII.1960 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 4 males, Wuku Highway, north side of Tian Shan, 1600 m , 13.VI.1960 , coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS); 1 female , Altai Region , Azubai Region , 2370 m , 3.VII.1960 , coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZ- CAS ) ; 2 males , 1 female , around Qinghe County , 150–600 m , 1.IX.1957 , coll. Guang Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male , 1 female , Shaosu County , Alashan Region , 2200 m , 2.VIII.1978 , coll. Yanheng Han (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female , Shaosu County , Alashan Region , 2200 m , 6.VIII.1978 , coll. Yanheng Han (IZ-CAS) ; 4 males , Wusu County , Bayingou Pastures , 5.VI.1999 , coll. Hongbin Liang (IZ-CAS). Measurements. Body length: 13.2–20.3 mm CL: 0.72; EL: 3.23; ELS: 1.61; EW: 3.57; HL: 2.38; HW: 2.76; PO: 0.93; PL: 3.07; PW: 3.06. Distribution. Ocypus picipennis is widely distributed from Europe to Asia, in China it is known only from Xinjiang Province.