Platydracus juang Smetana 2005
Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1 Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.
- 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark.
Description
Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005
(Figs. 3, 4, 15, 16, 25, 27)
Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005: 22; Xu & Tang 2019: 185; Hu 2020: 346.
Material examined. China: Zhejiang: 1♁, Longquan City, Fengyangshan N. R., Datianping, 27°54′29.67″N, 119°10′31.45′′E, alt. 1350m, 30.IV.2016, mixed leaf sifted, Jiang, Liu & Zhou leg. (SHNU); 1♁, Lin′an City, W. Tianmushan, alt. 1000–1500m, 24.VII.2014, Yu leg. (SHNU); 2♁, Jinhua City, Pan′an county Dapanshan N. R., path to the peak, 28°57′37.98″N, 120°30′50.60″E, alt. 531–845m, 6.V.2016, Jiang, Liu & Zhou leg. (SHNU); 3♀, Anji City, Longwangshan, 30°25′N, 119°26′E, alt. 1100–1480m, 10.VI.2012, Hu & Yin leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Longquan City, Fengyangshan N. R., Mihougu, 27°55′0.18″N, 119°11′52.91″E, alt. 1116m, 3.V.2016, Jiang, Liu & Zhou leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Lishui City Qingyuan County, Baishanzu, alt. 1000m, 25.V.2008, Huang & Yan leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Lin′an City, Tianmushan N. R., alt. 350m, 20.IV.2008, Bi leg. (SHNU); Anhui: 1♁, Guniujiang, alt. 950–1050m, 28.IV.2005, Hu & Tang leg. (SHNU); 1♀ Qianshan County, Tianzushan, 18–20.V.2007, Tang & He leg. (SHNU); Jiangxi: 1♁, Jinggangshan City, Ciping Town, alt. 850m, 21.X.2010, Peng, Zhai & Zhu leg. (SHNU); Guangxi: 2♁, Jinxiu County, Lianhuashan, pine forest, mixed leaf litter, humus sifted, 24°09′35″N, 110°07′05″E, alt. 1080m, 14.VII.2014, Peng, Song, Yu & Yan leg. (SHNU); 1♁ 1♀, Jinxiu County, Luohanshan, beech forest, mixed leaf litter, grass sifted, 24°08′02″N, 110°07′38″E, alt. 790m, 12.VII.2014, Peng, Song, Yu & Yan leg. (SHNU); (SHNU); 1♁, Huanjiang, Jiuwan Mt, Yangmeiao, FIT, 5°12′N, 108°40′E 25, alt. 1250m, IV.2021, Tang Peng Cai & Song leg. (SHNU); 2♀, Damingshan, 23°23′N, 108°29′E, alt. 1200–1300m, 30.VII.2012, Hu & Song leg. (SHNU); Fujian: 1♁4♀, Wuyishan City, Guadun Village, 27°44′N, 117°38′E, alt. 1300m, 2.VI.2012, Peng & Dai leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Wuyishan City, Guadun Village, 27°43′N, 117°38′E, alt. 1300m, 9–11.IV.2013, Bi leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Guihe Village, Meihuashan, alt. 1200m, 1.VI.2007, Huang & Xu leg. (SHNU); Hunan: 1♁, Chenzhou City, Yizhang county, Mangshan N. R., 24°56′26″N, 112°59′18″E, alt. 1400m, 26.IV.2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SHNU); Hainan: 1♀, Ledong County, Jianfengling N. R., Mingfenggu, rainforest, decaying log, 18°44′30″N, 108°50′29″E, alt. 995m, 26.IV.2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SHNU); Guangdong: 1♀, Shaoguan, Ruyuan N. R., Nanling, 24°55′07″N, 113°05′06″E, 25.V.2021, Zhan & Li leg. (SHNU); Taiwan: 1♁ Pingdong County, Dahanshan, 22°24′36″N, 120°45′09″E, alt. 1300m, 4.IV.2017, Chung leg. (SHNU).
Measurements. Male: BL: 12.0– 18.6 mm, FL: 6.6–9.2 mm. HL: 1.57–2.39 mm, HW: 1.90–2.72 mm, EYL: 0.56–0.77 mm, TL: 0.71–0.97 mm, PL: 2.28–3.07 mm, PW: 2.00– 2.84 mm, EL: 2.70–3.72 mm, EW: 2.60–3.89 mm. HW/HL: 1.09–1.15, TL/EYL: 1.00–1.36, PL/PW: 1.02–1.16, EL/EW: 1.01–1.11.
Female: BL: 12.0– 14.9 mm, FL: 6.3–7.9 mm. HL: 1.58–2.07 mm, HW: 1.90–2.43 mm, EYL: 0.54–0.69 mm, TL: 0.72–0.92 mm, PL: 2.20–2.77 mm, PW: 2.05–2.60 mm, EL: 2.58–3.26 mm, EW: 2.56–3.23 mm. HW/HL: 1.15–1.20, TL/EYL: 1.22–1.38, PL/PW: 1.07–1.11, EL/EW: 1.00–1.01.
Distribution. This species is widely distributed in the south-east of China (Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), presumably only in the mountains, at elevations between 350–1500 m.
Diagnosis. The species is similar to P. brachycerus in appearance, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the more rounded temples, longer pronotum, and finer punctation of the head.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SHNU
- Event date
- 2005-04-28 , 2007-05-18 , 2007-06-01 , 2008-04-20 , 2008-05-25 , 2010-10-21 , 2012-06-02 , 2012-06-10 , 2012-07-30 , 2013-04-09 , 2014-07-12 , 2014-07-14 , 2014-07-24 , 2015-04-26 , 2016-04-30 , 2016-05-03 , 2016-05-06 , 2017-04-04 , 2021-05-25
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Genus
- Platydracus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Smetana
- Species
- juang
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2007-05-18/20 , 2013-04-09/11 , 2014-07-24/2016-04-30 , 2015-04-26 , 2017-04-04 , 2021-05-25
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005 sec. Zhou, Zhao & Tang, 2024
References
- Smetana, A. (2005) Contributions to the knowledge of the " Staphylinus - complex " (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 10. A new species of the genus Platydracus Thomson, 1858. Zootaxa, 1048 (1), 21 - 25. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1048.1.2
- Xu, W. & Tang, L. (2019) First description of male of Platydracus juang Smetana, 2005 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of Shanghai Normal Universit y (Natural Sciences), 48 (2), 184 - 187.
- Hu, F. - S. (2020) New distributional records of Staphylinina in Taiwan, including a new species of Miobdelus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Zootaxa, 4768 (3), 334 - 360. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4768.3.2