Taxonomic study on Sathytes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
Author
Zhao, Mei-Jun
text
Journal of Natural History
2012
2012-04-30
46
13 - 14
831
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
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Sathytes excertus
Yin and Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figures 3B
,
4B
,
7B
,
8B
)
Figure 6. Details of
Sathytes
spp.
(A–C) antennomeres VIII–XI; (D–J) antennomere IX, enlarged; (A)
Sathytes usitatus
; (B)
Sathytes wuyishanus
; (C)
Sathytes yunnanicus
; (D)
Sathytes cristatus
; (E)
Sathytes paulus
; (F)
Sathytes perpusillus
; (G)
Sathytes rarus
; (H)
Sathytes tibialis
; (I)
Sathytes wuyishanus
; (J)
Sathytes yunnanicus
. Scale bars: A–C 0.2 mm; D–J 0.05 mm.
Type material
Holotype
.
Male
, labelled ‘
CHINA
:
Yunnan Prov.
/
Gongshan County
/
Qiqi
, alt.
1900 m
/
2 July 2010
/
Liang TANG leg.’.
Paratypes
.
Three females, same label data as holotype.
Description
Male.
Body reddish brown, mouthparts and tarsi lighter; BL 2.07. Head (
Figure 3B
) wider than long, HL 0.37, HW 0.44. Vertexal foveae large and distinct, posterior edge of foveae located anterior to level of posterior margin of eyes; LE: LP = 2.14: 1. Eyes well-developed, prominent, each comprises about 20 facets. Antennae with scapes thick and large, pedicels larger than antennomeres III, III longer than but as same width as IV, IV–VI subequal in length and width, VII–VIII subequal in width, slightly wider than IV–VI, IX–XI (
Figure 4B
) strongly clubbed; membranous apophysis on antennomere IX as in
Figure 7B
; antennomere X much wider than long; XI with conspicuously long basal protuberance covered by tuft of long apical setae.
Figure 7. Antennomere IX of
Sathytes
spp.
(A)
Sathytes cristatus
; (B)
Sathytes excertus
; (C)
Sathytes larinus
; (D)
Sathytes longitrabis
; (E)
Sathytes longwangshanus
; (F)
Sathytes magnus
; (G)
Sathytes paulus
; (H)
Sathytes perpusillus
; (I)
Sathytes rarus
; (J)
Sathytes sichuanicus
; (K)
Sathytes tangliangi
; (L)
Sathytes tibialis
; (M)
Sathytes usitatus
; (N)
Sathytes wuyishanus
; (O)
Sathytes yunnanicus
. Scale bars 0.2 mm.
Pronotum about as long as wide, PL 0.44, PW 0.42. Elytra combined longer than wide, EL 0.79, EW 0.73. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.47, AW 0.65; tergite IV nearly three times as long as next. Length of aedeagus (
Figure 8B
) 0.22.
Female.
Similar to male in size: BL 1.97–2.03, HL 0.37–0.38, HW 0.45–0.47, PL 0.46–0.47, PW 0.45–0.47. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.61–0.62, EW 0.71–0.73, AL 0.53–0.56, AW 0.69–0.70. Eyes comprise about 12 facets each.
Habitat and distribution
Sifted from the mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest. Southwest
China
(
Yunnan
).
Figure 8. Details of
Sathytes
spp.
(A–O) aedeagus; (P) protibia; (A)
Sathytes cristatus
; (B)
Sathytes excertus
; (C)
Sathytes larinus
; (D)
Sathytes longitrabis
; (E)
Sathytes longwangshanus
; (F)
Sathytes magnus
; (G)
Sathytes paulus
; (H)
Sathytes perpusillus
; (I)
Sathytes rarus
; (J)
Sathytes sichuanicus
; (K)
Sathytes tangliangi
; (L, P)
Sathytes tibialis
; (M)
Sathytes usitatus
; (N)
Sathytes wuyishanus
; (O)
Sathytes yunnanicus
. Scale bars 0.1 mm.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the unique form of antennomere XI in the male.
Remarks
The new species is similar to
S
.
appendiculatus
in sharing the strongly laterally protruding basal protuberance of the antennomere XI. It can be readily separated by
antennomere XI having a single basal protuberance while there are two in
S
.
appendiculatus
, and the structure of the protuberance is completely different.