Taxonomic study on Sathytes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
Author
Zhao, Mei-Jun
text
Journal of Natural History
2012
2012-04-30
46
13 - 14
831
857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
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Sathytes longitrabis
Yin and Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1A
,
3D
,
4D
,
7D
,
8D
)
Type material
Holotype
.
Male
, labelled ‘
CHINA
:
Shaanxi Prov.
/
Zhouzhi County
/
Houzhenzi
/
Qinling
/
Qinlingliangxia
/
N33.48.973 E107.44.483
//
alt.
1820 m
/
18 May 2008
/
Hao
HUANG and
Wang XU
leg.’.
Description
Male.
Body (
Figure 1A
) reddish brown, mouthparts and tarsi lighter; BL 2.21. Head (
Figure 3D
) slightly wider than long, HL 0.43, HW 0.47. Vertexal foveae indistinct, anterior edge of foveae at level of posterior margin of eyes; LE: LP = 1.27: 1. Eyes moderately developed, prominent, each comprises about 20 facets. Antennae with scapes thick and large, pedicels longer than antennomeres III, III–VIII subequal, IX–XI (
Figure 4D
) strongly clubbed, IX (
Figure 7D
) much longer than wide, X much wider than long, XI with single basal protuberance covered with tuft of long apical setae.
Pronotum slightly longer than wide, PL 0.55, PW 0.46. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.74, EW 0.89. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.49, AW 0.78; tergite IV 2.5 times as long as next. Length of aedeagus (
Figure 8D
) 0.17.
Female.
Unknown.
Habitat and distribution
Sifted from the mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest. Northwest
China
(
Shaanxi
).
Etymology
The specific name is combined from two Latin stems: “
long
”, meaning “elongate” and “
trab
”, meaning club, referring to the elongate male antennomere IX.
Remarks
The elongate and nearly cylindrical antennomere IX of the new species is shared only with
S
.
clavatus
,
S
.
oculatus
and
S
.
tangliangi
.
Sathytes tangliangi
is remotely related and placed in the group of species near
S
.
montanus
.
Sathytes longitrabis
can be separated from the remaining two by apophysis of antennomere IX being located apicomesally, while the apophysis of both
S
.
clavatus
and
S
.
oculatus
is located posterior to the middle. Sexual modification of antennomere XI in
S
.
longitrabis
is formed by a single short protuberance, whereas in
S
.
clavatus
it is formed by a small blade-like piece and in
S
.
oculatus
by a short curved semi-membranous apophysis.