Pakistatyrus

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2023, A third species of Pakistatyrus Hlaváč (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 5244 (6), pp. 595-599 : 596

Key to species of Pakistatyrus

1 Body reddish-black ( Yin 2022a: fig. 2B); antennomeres 10 and 11 modified, 11 greatly........................................................... swollen ( Hlaváč 2006: fig. 3). [ Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Fig. 2 ] … P. ater Hlaváč

- Body reddish-brown; antennomeres 10 and 11 simple, 11 suboval.............................................. 2

2 Foveae of pronotum and elytra relatively large ( Fig. 1A, B ); antennomere 1 shorter than 2 and 3 combined, 1.7 times as long as wide; elytra more transverse, length/width 0.46; aedeagus with greatly asymmetric median lobe and parameres ( Fig. 1G, H ). [ Nepal: Gandaki; Fig. 2 ]................................................................ P. schmidti sp. nov.

- Foveae of pronotum and elytra relatively small ( Yin 2022a: fig. 1A, B); antennomere 1 longer than 2 and 3 combined, 2.7 times as long as wide; elytra less transverse, length/width 0.63; aedeagus with slightly asymmetric median lobe and symmetric parameres ( Yin 2022a: fig. 1G, H). [ China: Tibet; Fig. 2 ]..................................... P. inconspicuus Yin

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pakistatyrus schmidti sp. nov., male. A. Dorsal Habitus; B. Head and pronotum; C. Left maxillary palpus, ventral; D. Protrochanter and profemur; E. Mesotrochanter and mesofemur; F. Sternite IX; G, H. Aedeagus, lateral (G) and ventral (H). Scale bars: 1.0 mm in A; 0.5 mm in B, D, E; 0.2 mm in C, F–H.

FIGURE 2. Distribution of Pakistatyrus species along the Himalaya, with the aedeagi compared.