A revision of Sclerochiton. II. Two new species and additional records, including the first records of the genus from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2015
2015-12-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5415812
0253-116X
5415812
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Sclerochiton barbatus
ASSING
,
2011
(
Map 3
)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
Vietnam
:
2♀♀
,
7 km
NW
Sa Pa
,
22°22'N
,
103°47'E
,
1840 m
, steep moist stream valley with bushes and trees, litter and roots of herbs sifted,
30.VII.2013
, leg.
Assing
&
Wunderle
(cAss, cWun)
;
13, pass
8 km
WNW
Sa Pa
,
22°21'N
,
103°46'E
,
2010 m
, secondary deciduous forest with bamboo and forest margin with bushes, litter, moss, and roots sifted,
12.VIII. 2013
, leg.
Assing
(cAss)
;
13,
2♀♀
, pass
8 km
NW
Sa Pa
,
22°21'N
,
103°46'E
,
2030 m
, margin of secondary deciduous forest with bushes, bamboo, and herbs, litter, roots, and moss sifted,
9.VIII. 2013
, leg.
Assing
(cAss)
;
4♀♀
, same data, but
10.VIII. 2013
(cAss)
;
1♀
,
6 km
NW
Sa Pa
,
22°22'N
,
103°47'E
,
1810 m
, margin of pasture with bushes and small trees, litter and roots sifted,
7.VIII.2013
, leg.
Wunderle
(cWun)
.
C o m m e n t: Only the
holotype
from the Ailao Shan in southern Yunnan was known previously (ASSING 2011). The above material was collected together with
S. peniculatus
nov.sp.
The new material of
S. barbatus
and the type material of
S. peniculatus
represent the first records of the genus from
Vietnam
(
Map 3
).