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Ocypus (Pseudocypus) graeseri Eppelsheim 1887

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14. Ocypus (Pseudocypus) graeseri Eppelsheim, 1887

(Figs. 14-1, 14-2)

Eppelsheim, 1887: 424 (Ocypus; Type locality: Wladiwostok); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 386 (Staphylinus; synonym of fuscatus); J. Müller, 1925: 45 (Staphylinus; subgenus Pseudocypus; characters; Siberia); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1401 (Staphylinus; subspecies of rambouseki); Coiffait, 1974: 503 (Pseudocypus; valid species; characters; Siberia); Smetana & Davies, 2000: 44 (Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus); Smetana, 2009b: 15 (Ocypus; Neotype designated); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1092 (Ocypus; subgenus Pseudocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Subspecies and Synonyms:

Staphylinus graeseri brunneopubens J. Müller, 1926 Ocypus graeseri graeseri Eppelsheim, 1887

Ocypus fuscatoides Coiffait, 1964

Staphylinus rambouseki J. Müller, 1925

Material examined. CHINA: Beijing Municipality: 1 female, Dongling Shan, 900 m, secondary shrub, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1000 m, broad-leaved mixed forest, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1100 m, broad-leaved forest, pitfall traps, 14–18.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 4 males, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1100 m, broad-leaved mixed forest, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1140 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 13–16.VII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1140 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.VII.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1160 m, Juglans mandshurica forest, pitfall traps, 14–17.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1160 m, Juglans mandshurica forest, pitfall traps, 13–16.VIII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 males, 3 females, Dongling Shan, 1160 m, Juglans mandshurica forest, pitfall traps, 17–20.V.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1160 m, Juglans mandshurica forest, pitfall traps, 13–16.VII.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 3 females, Dongling Shan, 1190 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 14–17.VII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1190 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.V.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1190 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.VII.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1190 m, larch forest, pitfall traps, 11–14.VIII.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 males, Dongling Shan, 1200 m, oak-birch forest, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Dongling Shan, 1225 m, deciduous broad leaved mixed forest, pitfall traps, 17–20.V.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Dongling Shan, 1250 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 14–17.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, Dongling Shan, 1250 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 17–20.V.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 males, Dongling Shan, 1250 m, oak forest, pitfall traps, 15–18.VII.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1300 m, oak-birch forest, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Dongling Shan, 1400 m, oak-birch forest,, pitfall traps, 12–15.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1630 m, oak-birch forest, pitfall traps, 16–20.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 2 females, Dongling Shan, 1630 m, oak-birch forest, pitfall traps, 14–17.VII.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 females, Dongling Shan, 1730 m, birch forest, pitfall traps, 13–16.VI.2012, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Dongling Shan, 1820 m, birch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Dongling Shan, 1935 m, birch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 3 males, 2 females, Dongling Shan, 2000 m, birch forest, pitfall traps, 16–19.VI.2011, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 2100 m, subalpine meadow, pitfall traps, 24–27.VI.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Dongling Shan, 2100 m, subalpine meadow, pitfall traps, 17–20.VII.1999, coll. Xiaodong Yu (IZ-CAS); 9 males, 1 female, Dongling Shan, 2300 m, pitfall traps, 21–23.IX.1998, coll. Xiaodong Yu, Junjian He (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Xiaolongmen, 1120–1170 m, pitfall traps, 25–30.VI.1998, coll. Haisheng Zhou (IZ-CAS); 4 males, 2 females, Xiaolongmen, 1120–1170 m, pitfall traps, 25.VI–4.VII.1998, coll. Haisheng Zhou (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Yanqing County, Songshan National Nature Reserve, 720–850 m, individually collected, under stone, 22.V.2010, coll. Xinlei Huang (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Yanqing County, Songshan National Nature Reserve, 797 m, individually collected, donkey dung, 22.V.2010, coll. Liang Lv, Xi Zhang (IZ-CAS); Heilongjiang Province: 1 male, 1 female, Harbin, 30.V.1946 (IZ-CAS); 8 males, 11 females, Harbin, 19–22.V.1946 (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Harbin, 30.VIII.1946 (IZ-CAS); Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [New Record]: 1 male, Helan Shan, Shuimogou, 2152 m, 27.VII.2015, coll. Guijun Yang (IZ-CAS); Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [New Record]: 8 males, 3 females, Helan Shan, Suyukou, 2164 m, 17.VI.2008, coll. Guijun Yang (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 5 females, Helan Shan, Suyukou, 2280 m, 17.VI.2008, coll. Guijun Yang etc. (IZ-CAS); 1 male, 1 female, Xiji County, 24.VII.1989, coll. Guodong Ren (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 16.5–19.7 mm.CL: 0.68; EL: 2.50; ELS: 1.28; EW: 2.72; HL: 1.89; HW: 2.16; PO: 0.68; PL: 2.57; PW: 2.40.

Distribution. Ocypus graeseri is widely distributed in Mongolia, southern portions of eastern Siberia, Russian Far East and north of China (Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai and Shanxi provinces).

Notes

Published as part of He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and eight new species from China, pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4339 (1) on pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4339.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1037681

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