Three new species of the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae from China (Dermaptera, Forficulidae), with new synonymies and combinations
Author
Sun, Meiling
Author
Li, Kai
Author
Liu, Xianwei
text
Zootaxa
2016
4109
3
359
371
journal article
39121
10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.6
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1175-5326
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Cordax unidentatus
(
Borelli, 1915
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 20‒23
)
Timomenus unidentatus
Borelli, 1915
: 4
.
Timomenus inermis
Borelli, 1915
: 5
.
(Syn. nov.)
.
Timomenus simplicis
Shiraki, 1928
: 23
. (synonymized by Brindle, 1969: 248).
Timomenus cuneatus
Zhang, 1991
: 291
.
(Syn. nov.)
.
Timomenus paradoxa
Chen & Ma, 2004
: 236
. (nec
Bey-Bienko, 1970
: 289
).
Measurements.
Total body: ♂ 20.0, ♀ 15.0; forceps: ♂ 6.5‒8.5, ♀ 5.0.
Material.
1♀, Jinrao Mountain, Fujian, 1959.
VI.12
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming;
1♂
, Da’an, Fujian, 1959.
XI.26
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 1♀, Guadun, Chong’an, Fujian,
China
, elev.
790‒1155m
, 1960.
IV.5
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 6♀♀, 3♂♂, Tongmu, Chong’an, Fujian,
China
, elev.
790‒1155m
, 1960.
VI.17‒28
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 3♀♀, Aotou, Jianyang, Fujian, elev.
970m
, 1960.
VI.20‒27
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming;
1♂
, Huangkeng, Jianyang, Fujian,
China
, 1960.
VII.7
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 1♀, Xiyang, Yong’an, Fujian, 1962.
IV.23
, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming;
1♂
, Dazhulan, Wuyi Mountain, Fujian,
China
, 1994.
VIII.27‒IX.3
, collected by Jin Xing-Bao & Yin Hai-Sheng;
1♂
, Fengyang Mountain, Longquan, Zhejiang,
China
, elev.
1100‒1500m
, 2008.
VII.30‒VIII.4
, collected by Liu Xian-Wei
et al
.;
1♂
, Shunxiwu, Qingliangfeng, Lin’an, Zhejiang,
China
, elev.
400m
, 2008.
VIII.9–10
, collected by Liu Xian-Wei
et al
.; 4♀♀, Gutian Mountain, Kaihua, Zhejiang,
China
, elev.
330‒800m
, 2012.
IX.18‒X.16
, collected by Liu Xian-Wei
et al
.; 2♂♂, Mao’er Mountain, Guangxi,
China
, elev.
500‒1100m
, 2013.
VII.30‒VIII.6
, collected by Zhang Hai-Guang
et al
.;
1♂
, 1♀, Daming Mountain, Guangxi,
China
, elev.
1250m
, 2013.
VII.19‒25
, collected by Liu Xian-Wei
et al
..
Distribution.
China
(Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi,
Taiwan
, Guizhou, Guangxi).
Discussion.
This species is very similar to
C. armatus
. The first antennal joint is flat above with sides forming a kind of ridge, and therefore it belongs to
Cordax
.
Cordax unidentatus
appears to be widely distributed in
China
. It shows great variation in the shape of male forceps. The descriptions of
T. inermis
from Guizhou and
T. cuneatus
from Guizhou only differ from
C. unidentatus
in minute differences that fall well within the variational limits of the latter; therefore, both are considered synonyms of
C. unidentatus
.