New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
Author
Bordoni, A.
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2013
2013-12-20
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10273196
0253-116X
10273196
E6F2622A-86E4-44BE-90E2-B9C542B9DE14
Medhiama tibetana
nov.sp.
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d:
Holotype
:
Xizang
A.
R
. (
Tibet
),
Mt Sejila
,
Lingzhi
coun.,
3700 m
,
L. Tang
5.VIII.2005
(
SNUC
);
paratypes
: same data, 1 (
SNUC
); same data,
Lulang
,
3400 m
,
L. Tang
2.VIII.2005
, 1 (cB);
Tibet
,
Basoncuo
,
Linzhi
,
3465 m
,
Li-zhen Li
9.VIII.2004
, 1 (without head) (
SNUC
);
Tibet
,
Nage-Dayandong
,
Motuo
coun.,
2900-3300 m
,
L. Tang
12.VIII.2005
, 1 (without head) (cB).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Length of body about
5 mm
; from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra:
3,3 mm
. Reddish brown with infuscate abdomen. Forebody as in
Fig. 83
. Head elongated, sub-rectangular, with sub-rectilinear and sub-parallel sides and very strictly rounded posterior angles. Eyes medium-sized and a little protruding. Surface of head with polygonal micro-reticulation and deep, very dense puncturation, apart a narrow median strip. Pronotum as long as head, dilated anteriorly and there narrower than head, with extremely oblique anterior margins and largely rounded anterior angles. Surface with traces of transverse micro-striature; dosal series of 15-16 irregular punctures and lateral series of 11-12 very irregular punctures. Elytra narrow, sub-rectangular, with sub-rectilinear and sub-parallel sides, as long as pronotum, wider than it, with marked humeral angles. Surface with traces of transverse micro-striature and wide, superficial and dense puncturation, arranged in some series. Abdomen with more or less transverse micro-striature and very fine, sparse puncturation, especially on the sides.
Posterior margin of 6° visible abdominal tergite sub-rectilinear; posterior margin of 6° visible abdominal sternite prolongated in a short lobe. Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in
Figs 80-81
. Aedeagus (
Fig. 82
)
0,75 mm
long, small, sub-spherical, with proportionally large and long parameres, enlarged at the apex; inner sac short and wide, covered by fine scales.
E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to the
Tibet
.
G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is known only from the
type
localities, in
Tibet
.
N o t e: This species differs from the congeners by colouration, puncturation and the very small aedeagus, with different parameres and inner sac. In
China
the genus
Medhiama
BORDONI 2002
is represented by the following species:
M. pauper
(
SHARP 1889
)
, descibed four time from
Japan
,
Nepal
,
India
,
China
(Chinkiang), and cited also from
Yunnan
,
Shaanxi
,
Jiangsu
,
Taiwan
(
BORDONI 2002
, 2003);
M. wallstromi
BORDONI, 2003 (
Yunnan
)
,
M. zhengi
BORDONI 2003 (
Sichuan
)
,
M. puetzi
BORDONI 2003 (
Sichuan
)
,
M. sichuanica
BORDONI 2003 (
Sichuan
)
,
M. shanica
BORDONI 2004
(
Sichuan
)
,
M. lanzhouensis
BORDONI 2004
(
Gansu
)
,
M. rhododendri
BORDONI 2007 (
Yunnan
)
,
M. xiaolongmensis
ZHOU & ZHOU 2012
(
Bejing
),
M. liupanshanensis
ZHOU & ZHOU 2012
(
Ningxia
)
,
M. nigromagna
ZHOU & ZHOU 2012
(
Sichuan
)
(cfr. also
ZHOU & ZHOU 2012
). Some other species have a doubtful taxonomic state because described on females:
M. densicephala
(
BERNHAUER 1938
)
(North
China
),
M. densiceps
(
BERNHAUER 1933
) (Szetchwan)
,
M. kochi
(BERNHAUER 1940) (N.W.
China
)
.