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Pselaphodes condylus Yin, Li & Zhao 2011

Description

Pselaphodes condylus Yin, Li & Zhao 2011

Material examined (2 3, 7 ♀♀). 1 3, labelled ‘ CHINA: Guangxi Province / Xing’an County / Maoershan Mountain / 10.vii.2011, 2,000–2,140 m / Chen, Ma, Peng & Zhu leg.’; 2 ♀♀, same label data; 2 ♀♀, same label data, except ‘Zhong Peng leg’; 1 3, same label data, except ‘ 11.vii.2011, 2,000 m / W. J. He & L. Tang leg’; 1 ♀, same label data; 2 ♀♀, same label data, except ‘ 10.vii.2011, 2,100 m’

Diagnosis. Pselaphodes condylus can be separated from the other Pselaphodes species by the large body size (ca. 3.5 mm); robust male antennomere IX, with a distinct disc-shaped hump at the anteromesal margin; distinct spine pattern on legs, and broad and dorsally rightward-curved median lobe of the aedeagus.

Habitat. All specimens were sifted from a mixed leaf litter of a broad-leaved forest.

Distribution. Southwest China: Guizhou; South China: Guangxi

Notes

Published as part of Yin, Zi-Wei, Li, Li-Zhen & Gu, Fu-Kang, 2012, Taxonomic study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part III, pp. 29-38 in Zootaxa 3189 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214757

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Yin, Li & Zhao
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Pselaphodes
Species
condylus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pselaphodes condylus Yin, 2011 sec. Yin, Li & Gu, 2012

References

  • Yin, Z. W., Li, L. Z. & Zhao, M. J. (2011) Taxonomic study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part II. Annales Zoologici, 61 (3), 463 481.