Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000

Zhou, Cheng-Lin, Zhao, Qing-Hao & Tang, Liang, 2024, A taxonomic study of the Platydracus brachycerus group with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), Zootaxa 5399 (5), pp. 505-516 : 506-507

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10517234

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000
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Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000 View in CoL

( Figs. 1, 2 View FIGURES 1–6 , 13, 14 View FIGURES 13–18 )

Ocypus brevicornis Weise, 1877: 367 View in CoL . [homonym]

Staphylinus (Neotasgius) brevicornis View in CoL ; Müller 1925: 41; Yuh et al. 1985: 244.

Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000: 24 View in CoL ; Hu 2020: 346. [replacement name]

Material examined. Japan: 1♁, G. Lewis, Sharp Coll 1905-313 ( BMNH).

Measurements. Male: BL: 15.4 mm, FL: 7.3 mm. HL: 1.86 mm, HW: 2.19 mm, EYL: 0.66 mm, TL: 0.81 mm, PL: 2.52 mm, PW: 2.45 mm, EL: 3.07 mm, EW: 2.92 mm. HW/HL: 1.18, TL/EYL: 1.23, PL/PW: 1.03, EL/EW: 1.05.

Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku) ( Newton 2021) and reported from South Korea ( Yuh et al. 1985).

Diagnosis. The species is similar to P. juang in appearance, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the more prominent temples, shorter pronotum, and coarser punctation of the head.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Staphylininae

Genus

Platydracus

Loc

Platydracus brachycerus Smetana & Davies, 2000

Zhou, Cheng-Lin, Zhao, Qing-Hao & Tang, Liang 2024
2024
Loc

Platydracus brachycerus

Hu, F. - S. 2020: 346
Smetana, A. & Davies, A. 2000: 24
2000
Loc

Staphylinus (Neotasgius) brevicornis

Yuh, J. H. & Paik, W. H. & Kwon, Y. J. & Lee, S. M. 1985: 244
Muller, G. 1925: 41
1925
Loc

Ocypus brevicornis

Weise, J. 1877: 367
1877
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