New species and records of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Taiwan
Author
Smetana, Aleš
text
Zootaxa
2016
4066
5
591
599
journal article
51163
10.11646/zootaxa.4066.5.7
10a50e95-023c-4d71-bf69-70071162f79e
1175-5326
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Geodromicus ohkurai
(
Hayashi, 1992
)
Psephidonus ohkurai
Hayashi, 1992
: 107
Psephidonus ohkurai yushanensis
Hayashi, 1992
: 110
syn. nov.
Material.
1 ♀:
TAIWAN
, Kaohsiung Hsien, Crk.
4 km
E Yakou,
2600 m
.
23.VII.1993
. A. Smetana [T162: Original mixed forest; specimen taken by sifting of wet moss from large rocks directly in a creek] (cSm).
Remarks.
Geodromicus ohkurai
was split by the author in two subspecies, both from central
Taiwan
: “Mt. Houfuan, Nantou Hsien” (
G
.
ohkurai ohkurai
) and from “Mt. Yushan, Chiai Hsien” (
G
.
ohkurai yushanensis
). The subspecies
G
.
ohkurai yushanensis
, based on teneral specimens, was established solely on differences in the shape of the pronotum (see
Hayashi 1992
: 110 for details). These differences fall within intraspecific variability, as documented by the presence of the same variability in the shape of pronotum in many species of G
eodromicus
(e.g., see
Shavrin 2015
). Therefore, based on the above information,
G. ohkurai yushanensis
is put in synonymy with
G. ohkurai
(
syn. nov.
).