Taxonomy of the genus Thoracostrongylus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with descriptions of five new species from China Author Yang, Zhuo Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang Author Schillhammer, Harald text Journal of Natural History 2011 2011-02-08 45 7 - 8 407 433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.534190 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2010.534190 1464-5262 4666850 Thoracostrongylus miyakei Bernhauer, 1943 ( Figure 10 A–E) Thoracostrongylus miyakei Bernhauer, 1943: 179 ( type locality: Formosa , Shinchiku ). Shibata, 1982: 74 (characters; Taiwan) ; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 39 (checklist); Herman, 2001: 3556 (catalogue); Smetana, 2004: 686 (catalogue of Palaearctic region). Type material Syntype . CHINA : 1 male , Taiwan (FMNH) . Figure 9. Thoracostrongylus malaisei Scheerpeltz, 1965 , syntype, male and female from Yunnan, China. (A) 8th sternite, male; (B) 10th tergite, male; (C) 9th sternite, male; (D) aedeagus, ventral view; (E) aedeagus, lateral view; (F) 10th tergite, female; (G) genital segment with second gonocoxite, female. Scale bar 1 mm. Additional material . 2 males , 1 female , CHINA : Sichuan , Baoxing , Qingshangou [30 ◦ 35’N, 102 ◦ 52’E], pitfall trap , 1820 m , 2003.VIII.3–6 , Xiaodong Yu coll. (IZCAS) ; 2 males , 2 females , Sichuan , Baoxing , Qingshangou [30 ◦ 35’N, 102 ◦ 52’E], pitfall trap , 1800 m , 2003.VIII.3–6 , Xiaodong Yu coll. (IZCAS) ; 2 females , Sichuan , Baoxing , Qingshangou [30 ◦ 35’N, 102 ◦ 52’E], pitfall trap , 1700 m , 2003.VIII.3–6 , Xiaodong Yu coll. (IZCAS) ; 2 females , Sichuan , Baoxing , Qingshangou [30 ◦ 35’N, 102 ◦ 52’E], pitfall trap , 1935 m , 2003.VIII.3–6 , Xiaodong Yu coll. (IZCAS) ; 2 females , Sichuan , south of Jiulong County [29 ◦ 00’N, 101 ◦ 30’E], 2665 m , pitfall trap , 2001.VII.9–12 , Xiaodong Yu coll. (IZCAS) ; 1 male , 3 females , Sichuan , Baoxing [30 ◦ 22’N, 102 ◦ 48’E], 1400 m , 1995.VIII.16–18 , Peiyu Yu coll. (IZCAS) . Figure 10. Thoracostrongylus miyakei Bernhauer, 1943 , syntype, male from Sichuan and Taiwan, China. (A) 8th sternite, male; (B) 10th tergite, male; (C) 9th sternite, male; (D) aedeagus, ventral view; (E) aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bar 1 mm. Description Measurements . Body length: 9.2–10.5 mm . ♂ (mean, n = 5): HL : 1.47; HW : 1.88; CL : 0.93; PO : 0.30; PL : 1.95; PW : 1.53; EL : 2.2; EW : 2.15; ELS : 1.15. ♀ (mean, n = 5): HL : 1.45; HW : 1.93; CL : 0.95; PO : 0.30; PL : 1.78; PW : 1.50; EL : 2.05; EW : 2.20; ELS : 1.05. Distribution China ( Sichuan , Taiwan) .