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
857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2011.651651
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Sathytes magnus
Yin and Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figures 2A
,
3F
,
4F
,
7F
,
8F
)
Type material
Holotype
.
Male
, labelled ‘
CHINA
:
Xizang
A. R.
/
Motuo County
/
Hanmi
/
alt.
2200 m
/
19 August 2005
/
Liang TANG leg
.’;
Paratype
:
1 female
, same label data as holotype
.
Description
Male.
Body (
Figure 2A
) reddish brown, mouthparts and tarsi lighter; BL 3.36. Head (
Figure 3F
) about as long as wide, HL 0.65, HW 0.66. Vertexal foveae moderately developed, anterior edge of foveae located posterior to level of posterior margin of eyes; LE: LP = 1: 1. Eyes well-developed, prominent, each comprises about 25 facets. Antennae with scapes thick and large; pedicels larger than antennomeres III, III–VIII subequal in width, IX–XI (
Figure 4F
) strongly clubbed; semi-membranous apophysis on antennomere IX as in
Figure 7F
; antennomere X much wider than long, XI with single blunt basal protuberance densely covered with tuft of long setae at apex.
Pronotum longer than wide, PL 0.75, PW 0.70. Elytra combined slightly wider than long, EL 0.99, EW 1.29. Abdomen slightly wider than long, AL 0.97, AW 1.08; tergite IV 2.4 times as long as next. Length of aedeagus (
Figure 8F
) 0.32.
Female.
Similar to male in size: BL 3.61, HL 0.65, HW 0.65, PL 0.76, PW 0.74. Elytra combined wider than long, EL 0.94, EW 1.23, AL 1.26, AW 1.20. Eyes each comprises of about 15 facets.
Habitat and distribution
Sifted from the mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest. Southwest
China
(
Xizang
).
Etymology
The specific name refers to the large size of the species.
Remarks
This new species is united with
S
.
montanus
,
S
.
grandis
and
S
.
tangliangi
described below by sharing relatively large size, an elongate head, body densely covered by fine setae and similar structure of male antennomere IX.
Sathytes magnus
and
S
.
grandis
are larger species, no less than 3.00 mm. They may be readily separated by larger size (3.36), antennomere XI being broader, elytra being much wider in contrast to abdomen, and less elongate aedeagus in
S
.
magnus
.