Review of Chinese species of the genus Thoracostrongylus Bernhauer, 1915 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) Author Xia, Mei-Hua College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 Author Tang, Liang College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 staphylinidae@shnu.edu.cn Author Schillhammer, Harald st text ZooKeys 2022 2022-11-22 1131 99 134 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.95038 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.95038 1313-2970-1131-99 EE89E8CF4B764FBC821A79BC51D28D67 1ACF6E07EE8A54DB9906143C0532304D Thoracostrongylus formosanus formosanus Shibata, 1982 Fig. 112 台湾钝胸隐翅虫指名亚种 Thoracostrongylus formosanus Shibata, 1982: 71; Yang et al. 2011 : 424; Hu, 2020: 348. Material examined. China - Taiwan Prov. • 10 exs. ; Hualien , Guanyuan ; 24°11'12"N , 121°20'00"E ; alt. 2200-2300 m ; 27 June 2006 ; Y.-F. Hsu leg.; NMW • 16 exs. ; Hualien , Pilu ; alt. 2100 m ; 24°10'58"N , 121°23'16"E ; 06 May 2006 ; Y.-F. Hsu leg.; NMW . Measurements. BL: 8.5-10.5 mm, FL: 5.0-5.8 mm. HL: 1.25-1.60 mm, HW: 1.8-2.2 mm, CL: 0.85-0.85 mm, PO: 0.3-0.4 mm, PL: 1.75-2.00 mm, PW: 1.5-1.7 mm, EL: 2.1-2.5 mm, EW: 2.20-2.65 mm. HL/HW: 0.69-0.73, CL/PO: 2.38-2.86, PL/PW: 1.16-1.17, EL/EW: 0.94-0.95, HW/EW: 0.81-0.83. Diagnosis. The subspecies is most similar to T. velutinus from Yunnan and Myanmar, but can be easily distinguished by the usually black mid and hind tibiae and tarsi. Both differ from other species from east and southeast China in the abdominal tergites III-VI without triangular mediobasal golden tomentose patch. Distribution. China (Taiwan).