Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
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Syndicus

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Syndicus (Syndicus) sp.

Figs 4 B, 5E–G

Material examined. 1 ♀, labeled ‘ China: E. Xizang, Muotuo Hsien (ffiRθ), 96K, 29°35′0.21″N, 95°28′4.76″E, ca. 1410 m, base of a standing rotten tree, 22.vii.2014, Wen-Xuan BI leg.’.

Description. Body (Fig. 4 B) large sized, BL 3.03 mm; HL 0.46 mm; HW 0.68 mm; AnL 1.85 mm, relative lengths of antennomeres: 0.85: 0.55: 0.9: 1.1: 1.25: 1.2: 1.2: 1.15: 1.15: 1.3: 0.5; PL 0.94 mm; PWb 0.52 mm; PWm 0.74 mm; EL 1.63 mm; EW 1.17 mm; EI 1.40.

Spermatheca (Fig. 5 E–G) large, SpD 0.21 mm; in lateral view subquadrate, with prominent conical extension located on broadly emarginate basal margin.

Comments. The measurements of body parts and form of the spermatheca (Fig. 5 E–G) of this female are similar to those of S. (s. str.) saketianus Jałoszyński from Myanmar and northern Thailand and S. (s. str.) himalayanus Franz from southwestern Bhutan and northeastern India. The identification of this specimen cannot be confirmed at present, as it requires discovery of associated males.

Notes

Published as part of Yin, Zi-Wei & Li, Li-Zhen, 2015, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Syndicus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) in China, pp. 415-423 in Zootaxa 3918 (3) on pages 420-421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/241219

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Syndicus
Taxon rank
genus