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Lesteva elegantula Rougemont 2000

Description

Lesteva (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000

(Figs 7B, 8 G–H, 10D–F, 27)

Lesteva (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000: 160; Shavrin 2014: 295, 2017: 112.

Type locality. Mt. Mogan and Mt. Longwang, Zhejiang Province; Mt. Jiulong, Huitong County, Hunan Province, China.

Additional material examined (294 exs): 25 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tainzhu (天柱山), 960–1250 m, 23–25.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ (SNUC); 45 ♂♂, 45 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang. (龙王山), 300–1200 m, 23–25.iv.2004, Chen, Chi, Hu, Huang, Li, Tang, Li-Long, Zhu & Jing-Wen, Zhu leg.’ (SNUC); 54 ♂♂, 51 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang. (龙王山), 250–1200 m, 24–27.iv.2006, Li, Ling, Shen, Tang, Wang & Yuan leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目山), alt. 800 m, 2.v.2001, Li, & Song leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. West Tianmu (西天目山), 300–400 m, 11–23.viii.2009, Li-Zhen Li leg.’ (SNUC); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), alt. 650 m, 25.iv.2008, He & Tang leg.’ (SNUC); 11 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ (SNUC); 10 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lishui City (丽水市), Qingyuan County (庆元县), Baishanzu N. R. (百山祖自然保护区), 1150–1450 m, 18–22.v.2009, Lie Ning leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Mt. Wuchao (午潮山), alt. 200 m, 10.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Guizhou Prov., Zunyi City (遵义市), Suiyang County (绥阳县), Kuankuoshui N. R. (宽阔水保护区), 1530–1550 m, 07–08.vi.2010, Lu, Yin & Zhai leg.’ (SNUC).

Comment. The previously known distribution of L. elegantula included Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces (Rougemont 2000; Shavrin 2013, 2017). The above material from Anhui and Guizhou represent new provincial records (Fig. 27). For illustrations of L. elegantula see Figs 7B, 8 G–H, 10D–F, and Rougemont (2000: figs 6, 21a–b) and Shavrin (2017: figs 13–14).

Notes

Published as part of Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4560 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2627254

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  • Rougemont, G. - M. de (2000) New species of Lesteva Latreille, I 796 from China (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 102 (B), 147 - 169.
  • Shavrin, A. V. (2014) Two new species and records of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from southeastern China. Zootaxa, 3821 (2), 291 - 296. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3821.2.10
  • Shavrin, A. V. (2013) New species and records of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Jiangxi province, China. Zootaxa, 3681 (1), 93 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3681.1.8
  • Shavrin, A. V. (2017) New species and records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Zootaxa, 4306 (1), 108 - 120. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4306.1.6