Two new species and new records of the Pselaphodes - complex of genera from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2019
2019-09-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3463447
f88efb22-2147-4792-9c9e-d50e1e7d8ced
0035-418
3463447
Taiwanophodes minor
Hlaváč, 2003
Taiwanophodes minor
Hlaváč, 2003: 292
;
Yin
et al
., 2012: 83
.
Material examined:
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
;
CHINA
, ‘aeṁẇẎḆ 市ū陵ḎữṘƗIJ,
2016.IV.22
N,
376 m
,
29.3385°N
,
110.5898°E
,
Ẓợ
^: ṃừǿ
Ľm
ẅ,
Ḥḿ
(
China
:
Hunan
,
Zhangjiajie City
,
Wulingyuan District
,
Wenfeng Village
,
Hong-Bin Liang
&
Kai-Dong Zhao
leg.,
light trap
)’ (
IZCAS
)
.
Comments:
This species can be recognized and readily separated from its only congener,
Taiwanophodes magnus
Bekchiev, 2010
from northern
Vietnam
by the enlarged antennomere 10 with a ventral impression, and the markedly elongate ventral lobe on the left side of the aedeagal median lobe. In contrast,
T
.
magnus
has the antennomere 10 bearing a distinct projection at the apex, the antennomere 11 is strongly constricted at the base, and the median lobe of the aedeagus is in general gradually narrowing toward the apex (
Bekchiev, 2010
: figs 2-3, 7-8). The population from Hunan shows little morphological variation compared with those from
Taiwan
and Hainan.
Distribution:
The species was originally described from
Taiwan
, subsequently recorded from Hainan, and is here newly recorded from Hunan (ca.
1100 km
north of Hainan) (
New provincial record
).