New species and additional records of Leptusa from the Palaearctic region, with a focus on the faunas of China and the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Assing, Volker text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2021 2021-06-30 71 1 103 126 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.1.103-126 0005-805X 5743064 8133C91B-A814-4513-AFBB-4B7BF5B65204 Leptusa ( Aphaireleptusa ) gonggamontis PACE, 1997 Material examined: China : Sichuan : 5 exs. , Gongga Shan , NE-slope, 29°50'N , 102°03'E , 3020 m , sifted, 11. VI .2011 , leg. Grebennikov ( CNC , cAss) ; 4 exs. , same data, but 29°51'N ; 102°03'E , 3170 m , 9. VI .2011 ( CNC , cAss) ; 1 ex. , same data, but 29°48'N , 102°04'E , 2770 m , 6. VI .2011 ( CNC ) ; 8 exs. , 29°51'N , 102°02'E , 3170 m , 18. VI .2011 ( CNC , cAss) ; 7 exs. , same data, but 29°52'N , 102°02'E , 3620 m , 12. VI .2011 ( CNC , cAss) ; 3 exs. , same data, but 29°48'N ; 102°04'E , 2680 m , 14. VI .2011 ( CNC , cAss) ; 1 ex. , 29°55'N , 102°01'E , 4140 m , 13. VI .2011 (cAss); 2 exs. , same data, but 29°51'N ; 102°02'E , 3170 m , 21. VI .2011 ( CNC , cAss) ; 3 exs. , Ganzi Tibet . Aut. Pref. , Luding Co. , Erlangshan pass, 7 km SSE Luding , 29°51'N , 102°15'E , 2600 m , coniferous forest, litter sifted, 29. VI .1999 , leg. Schülke ( MNB , cAss) . The sole previously known specimens of this species are the holotypes of L. gonggamontis and L. daxuemontis (junior synonym of L. gonggamontis ), both collected in the same locality in Gongga Shan. The above material suggests that the species is rather common in this mountain at higher altitudes ( 2680–4140 m ). As can be inferred from the record from Erlang Shan, L. gonggamontis is not endemic to Gongga Shan.