Euconnus (Euconnus) sayo Hoshina

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2022, Euconnus Thomson of Japan: redescriptions of species established by Reitter, Sharp and Franz, new synonyms, and summary of current state of knowledge (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 5093 (1), pp. 1-37 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5905990
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scientific name	Euconnus (Euconnus) sayo Hoshina
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Euconnus (Euconnus) sayo Hoshina View in CoL

Euconnus sayo Hoshina, 2020: 70 View in CoL .

Euconnus (Euconnus) sayo Hoshina View in CoL ; here placed in Euconnus View in CoL s. str.

Remarks. This species is known to occur on Shikoku, and it is also a member of the E. fustiger group. Known from only a single male with the body length 1.80 mm, which is clearly larger than that of E. fustiger , but similar to that of E. raucus . This species may in fact be identical with E. raucus , E. yoshidai , or any similarly large-bodied member of the same group. Although its aedeagus illustrated in the original description seems to be intact, and at least the lateral elongate sclerotized structures are similar to those in E. fustiger , it is not possible for me to decide whether this is a distinct species or one of other, poorly described ones.

Hoshina (2020) did not place this species in any subgenus. As all other members of E. fustiger group, E. sayo belongs in Euconnus s. str.