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Protocypus lupus Smetana 2005

Description

5. Protocypus lupus Smetana, 2005

(Fig. 5-1, 5-2)

Smetana, 2005: 284 (Protocypus; Type locality: China, Shaanxi, Qing Ling Shan); Schülke & Smetana, 2015: 1100 (Protocypus; Catalog of Palaearctic Region).

Material examined. CHINA: Shaanxi Province: 8 males, 6 females, Ningshan County, Huoditang, 33.43368°N, 108.44747°E, 1538 m, pitfall traps, 20.VIII.2007, coll. H. L. Shi & G. L. Yang (IZ-CAS); 1 female, Ningshan County, Huoditang, 1580 m, 27.VII.1998, coll. Jun Chen (IZ-CAS); 2 males, 3 females, Zhouzhi County, Houzhenzi, Laoxiancheng, 33.79211°N, 107.74421°E, 1860 m, pitfall traps, 14.VIII.2007, coll. H. L. Shi (IZ- CAS).

Measurements. Body length: 18.7–23.1 mm. CL: 0.82; EL: 2.89; ELS: 1.29; EW: 3.83; HL: 3.12; HW: 3.86; PO: 1.51; PL: 3.81; PW: 3.73.

Distribution. Protocypus lupus is at present known from Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan.

Notes

Published as part of He, Liang & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2017, Taxonomy of the genus Protocypus J. Müller, 1923 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and two new species from China, pp. 458-480 in Zootaxa 4291 (3) on page 471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/827606

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZ-, CAS
Event date
1998-07-27 , 2007-08-14 , 2007-08-20
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Protocypus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smetana
Species
lupus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1998-07-27 , 2007-08-14 , 2007-08-20
Taxonomic concept label
Protocypus lupus Smetana, 2005 sec. He & Zhou, 2017

References

  • Smetana, A. (2005) Contributions to the knowledge of the genera of the " Staphylinus - complex " (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of China Part. 5. The genus Protocypus J. Muller, 1923. Elytra, 33 (1), 269 - 301.
  • Schulke, M. & Smetana, A. (2015) Staphylinidae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Fol. 2. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden & Boston, pp. 901 - 1134.