Ontholestes aurosparsus (Fauvel, 1895)

Yang, Zhuo & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Review of Chinese species of the genus Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with description of two species new to science, Zootaxa 3191, pp. 1-20 : 7

Ontholestes aurosparsus (Fauvel, 1895)

( Figs. 4A–H )

Fauvel, 1895: 245; Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 392; Gridelli, 1924: 207; Cameron, 1932: 211; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1405; Kirshenblat, 1936: 562; Smetana, 1959: 403; Smetana and Davies, 2000: 38; Herman, 2001: 3423; Smetana, 2004: 679. Ontholestes ophthalmicus Kirshenblat, 1936: 560 (Type locality: Sikkim, Darjeeling).

Ontholestes assamensis Cameron, 1944: 11 (Type locality: Assam: Shugan, altitude 3000 feet).

Material examined: CHINA: 1 male, Fujian [Kwangtseh–Fukien], 1937. I.10, J.Klapperich coll. ( NMW); 2 females, Guangxi, Fangchenggang, Fulong, 220 m, 1998. III.16, Haisheng Zhou coll. ( IZCAS); 1 male, Fujian, Wuping, Liangye Mountain, Daji, 782 m, 2008. XI.16, Fengyan Wang coll. ( IZCAS).

Figures

FIGURES 4 A – H. Ontholestes aurosparsus (Fauvel, 1895), male (A – E, G) and female (F, H). A—sternite VIII; B—tergite X; C—sternite IX; D—aedeagus, ventral view; E—aedeagus, lateral view; F—genital segment with second gonocoxite; G—head; H—tergite X. Scale bar 1 mm.